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Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions

To prevent unauthorized viewing of data transmitted over your WLAN, you must encrypt your wireless transmissions. Choose one:

Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions

Configure on the SBG901

Required on Each Wireless Client

 

 

If all of your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Motorola recommends configuring WPA on the SBG901

If you use a local pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) passphrase, you must configure the identical passphrase to the SBG901 on each wireless client. Home and small-office settings typically use a local passphrase.

Otherwise, configure WEP on the SBG901

You must configure the identical WEP key to the SBG901 on each wireless client.

If all of your wireless clients support WPA encryption, Motorola recommends using WPA instead of WEP because WPA:

•Provides much stronger encryption and is more secure

•Provides authentication to ensure that only authorized users can log in to your WLAN

•Is much easier to configure

•Uses a standard algorithm on all compliant products to generate a key from a textual passphrase

•Will be incorporated into the new IEEE 802.11i wireless networking standard

For new wireless LANs, Motorola recommends purchasing client adapters that support WPA encryption.

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