Chapter 3 Protecting Your Wireless Network
The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes wireless links vulnerable to information theft. This chapter describes how to use the basic security features of the WAB102 802.11 a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point to protect your network.
Although your network traffic may already be encrypted, the security steps described here are easy to take.
Enabling Basic Wireless Access Security Features
There are several steps you can take to secure your wireless network.
•Change the factory default administrator password of the WAB102.
•Place the WAB102 in a location where it cannot be physically tampered with.
•Change the factory default SSID setting of the WAB102.
•Enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption of the wireless data communications.
•Restrict wireless access based on MAC address.
NETGEAR strongly recommends that as minimum, the SSID is changed from the factory default.
Note: In addition to the WAB102 wireless security features, you should also configure appropriate LAN network security features such as requiring a user name and password to access the shared resources in your network.
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