Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302
3-15 Basic Installation and Configuration
September 2004
Figure 3-8: Wireless Security Settings
• Enable Wireless Client Security Separator
The associated wireless clients will not be able to communicate with each other if this feature
is enabled. The default setting is disabled.
The Wireless LAN options are explained in the following table.
Table 3-1. Basic Wireless Security Options
Field Description
Network
Authentication You can select the following network authentication options:
• Open System: the WG302 does not perform any authentication. However, if the
802.1x option is configured, authentication of connections can be performed by a
RADIUS server.
• Shared: this is for shared key authentication. The SSID and data are encrypted.
Encryption Strength You can select the following data encryption options:
• Disabled
• 64- 128- or 152-bit WEP
With Open System Authentication and 64- 128- or 152-bit WEP Data Encryption,
the WG302 does perform data encryption but does not perform any
authentication.