DECT over IP® | Configuration |
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Tip: | If you are using only modern WLAN cards with 802.11g, you |
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| 802.11b/g Mode to “802.11g only”. |
■You can prevent the transmission of wireless network identification (SSID) with the Hidden SSID Mode setting. This will however make network identification difficult and does not generally increase data security, so it is preferable to leave this on the default setting of “Off”.
Security Settings
On no account should you use Open System or Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) settings, whether out of convenience or in order to avoid configuration problems, unless of course you want to start up an Internet Cafe!
■Activate the Wifi Protected Access (WPA) option.
■Under Type select the “WPA v.1”setting. If you are running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system from ServicePack2 or higher on your computer, you can use the “WPA v.2” setting.
■For standard operation select the
–No words or names that can be found in a dictionary
–At least 8 characters long
–It should also include numbers, a mixture of upper and lower case and special characters
You could also use the Generate button to generate a password. Some WLAN configuration software does not convert text into hexadecimal values as a standard procedure. If this is the case, go to the Hex Value setting and select the Generate button.
■Leave the Cipher Length setting at 256 Bit and the Distribution Interval setting at 120 seconds. You will not usually need the settings for WME or for configuring Multiple SSIDs for standard operation.
Tip: | If you are running an |
| encryption, you should, for the sake of your customers’ secu- |
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