Panasonic KX-HGW600 manual Security on the Wireless Network, Advantage, Disadvantage, Filtering

Operating Instructions

5.4Security on the Wireless Network

In a wireless network, data security is maintained using the following three functions. According to your security needs, use any combination of these security options and strengthen your security.

SSID		SSID (Service Set IDentifier) is a wireless network name.
(	Page 83)	SSID setting must be same among the wireless devices.
		For security, specify a unique SSID that others
		cannot guess for a wireless network. Avoid an obvious
		SSID (your name, birthday, etc.), since the communication
		may be interfered with the neighbor wireless network.
		Advantage:
		It is easy to set the SSID into each wireless device.
		Disadvantage:
		If an unauthorized user steals the SSID, he may break into
		wireless networks.
Encryption		This setup allows you to encrypt the data that is transmitted
(	Page 86)	over your wireless network. By setting a WEP key in the
		KX-HGW600, you can prevent wireless network data from
		being decrypted externally. To read an encrypted file, the
		same WEP key must be set into each wireless device. There
		are two types of WEP key, 40(64) bit and 128 bit versions.
		Advantage:
		The higher the bit number, the more secure the encryption.
		Disadvantage:
		The higher the bit number, the slower the communication
		speed.
MAC Address		If the MAC address on each wireless network card has not
Filtering		been registered on the MAC Address Filtering window, the
(	Page 91)	wireless devices cannot link to the KXHGW600.
		Advantage:
		Even if SSID or WEP key is stolen by an unauthorized
		user, the wireless devices with unregistered MAC address
		cannot communicate with the KX-HGW600.
		Disadvantage:
		The greater the scale of wireless network is, the more
		vexatious the administration of MAC addresses may be.

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