108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual
Understanding Wireless Security
Warning: Indoors, computers can connect over 802.11g wireless networks at a maximum range of up to 300 feet. Such distances can allow for others outside of your immediate area to access your network.
To protect your network from unauthorized access, use the security features of your wireless equipment.
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There are several ways you can enhance the security of you wireless network.
•Restrict access based on MAC (Media Access Control) address. You can restrict access to only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the WGT624 v4. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
•Turn off the broadcast of the wireless network name (SSID). If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies the wireless network “discovery” feature of some products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test equipment like wireless sniffers.
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