Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Access Control Lists ACLs, Wep, Key

Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

WEP

WEP (Wired Equivalency Protocol) was the first scheme to provide security for 802.11 communications. Although since its release it has been determined to contain serious weaknesses, WEP remains an effective means to prevent casual eavesdropping.

WEP settings are made network-wide; all BreadCrumb devices and wireless clients must agree on a WEP key in order to establish and maintain communications.

To enable WEP on a BCWN, make sure that all of the BreadCrumbs to configure are visible in BCAdmin. Then choose Security, then WEP Settings to display the following window:

Figure 5-12. WEP Configuration Window

1.WEP

This dropdown allows the administrator to enable or disable WEP on all BreadCrumb devices currently visible in BCAdmin.

2.Key

A 40-bit or 104-bit hexadecimal key is specified in this field. If this field is left blank, WEP can be enabled using a previously configured key.

Access Control Lists (ACLs)

A BCWN may be configured with a network-wide Access Control List (ACL) to specify a list of devices to allow or disallow on the network. Each device communicating on the network (e.g., each BreadCrumb radio or laptop radio card) has a unique identifier known as a MAC address. ACLs consist of lists of these addresses to specify permitted or forbidden devices.

When enabled, the ACL may be in two modes: Deny by Default and Allow by Default. In Deny by Default mode, client devices and BreadCrumb devices are not permitted on the network unless they are

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