Motorola SBG900 manual Setting Up the Wireless LAN, Perform on the, Advantages, Disadvantages

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Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB

Setting Up the Wireless LAN

You can use the SBG900 as an access point for a wireless LAN without changing its default settings.

Caution!

The default SBG900 settings provide no wireless security. After your wireless LAN is operational, be sure to enable security as described in “Setting Up the Wireless LAN” in the SBG900 User Guide.

To enable security for your SBG900 wireless LAN, you can do the following on the SBG900:

To	Perform on the
	SBG900
Configure an Extended	Configuring the Wireless
Service Set Identifier (ESSID)	Network Name on the
and enable closed network	SBG900
operation

Advantages	Disadvantages
Provides a unique name to	You must configure the
distinguish from other	ESSID on each client
nearby wireless LANs.	computer.
	Does not encrypt wireless
	data

Enable Wired Equivalent	Configuring WEP on the	Encrypts wireless data	You must configure the
Privacy (WEP) encryption and	SBG900		WEP key on each client
configure a WEP key			computer.
Restrict access to computers	Configuring a MAC	No configuration on client	You must input each client
with known MAC addresses	Access Control List on	required	MAC address on the
	the SBG900	No code that can be	SBG900
		broken.	Does not encrypt wireless
			data

Connect at least one computer to the SBG900 Ethernet or USB port to use for performing configuration. Do not attempt to configure the SBG900 over a wireless connection.

You need to configure each wireless client station to access the SBG900 LAN as described in “Configuring the Wireless Clients”.

Caution!

Never provide the ESSID or WEP key to anyone who is not authorized to use your wireless LAN.

For descriptions of all wireless configuration fields, see “Wireless Pages in the SBG900 Setup Program”.

Another common-sense step to improve wireless security is to place wireless components away from windows. This decreases the signal strength outside the intended area.

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