Security
Security
The Access Point 3000 is configured by default as an “open system,” which broadcasts a beacon signal including the configured SSID. Wireless clients can read the SSID from the beacon, and automatically reset their SSID to allow immediate connection to the nearest access point.
To improve wireless network security, you have to implement two main functions:
•Authentication: to verify that clients attempting to connect to the network are authorized users.
•Traffic Encryption: to protect data passing between the access point and clients from interception and eavesdropping.
The access point can implement one or a combination of the following security mechanisms:
•Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
•AES (802.11i ready)
•IEEE 802.1x
•Wireless MAC address filtering
•Wi‐Fi Protected Access (WPA)
