NETGEAR WNDR3300 manual Wireless data, Security options, Range up to 300 foot radius

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

NETGEAR recommends using WEP with Shared Key authentication. Do not run an unsecured wireless network unless it is your intention to provide free Internet access for the public.

WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause significant performance degradation with a slow computer.

Note: NETGEAR recommends that you change the administration password of your router. Default passwords are well known, and an intruder can use your

administrator access to read or disable your security settings. For information about how to change the administrator password, see “Changing the Administrator Password” on page 2-19.

		Wireless data
		security options
		Range: up to 300 foot radius
	1)	Open system: easy but no security
WNDR3300	2)	MAC access list: no data security

3)WEP: security but some performance impact

4)WPA-PSK: strong security

5)WPA2-PSK: very strong security

Note: Use these with other features that enhance security (Table 2-2 on page 2-3).

Figure 2-1

The WNDR3300 router provides two screens for configuring the wireless settings, the basic Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Setup in the main menu (“Changing Basic Wireless Settings” on page 2-5), and the advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Advanced (“Changing Basic Wireless Settings” on page 2-5).

Basic security options are listed in order of increasing effectiveness in Table 2-1. Other features that affect security are listed in Table 2-2. For more details on wireless security methods, click the link to the online document “Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B.

2-2 Safeguarding Your Network

v1.0, February 2008