Technicolor - Thomson TG585 V8 manual Securing Your Wireless Connection, Encryption types

3 Wireless Access

3.3Securing Your Wireless Connection

Introduction

By using encryption, you can protect the wireless communication between the wireless clients and your Thomson Gateway with a wireless key. This way, only clients which use the correct Network Name (SSID) and wireless key can connect to your network.

Encryption types

Over the years a number of encryption types have been developed. The list below gives you an overview of the supported encryption types ordered by descending security level, you will find the highest level of security at the top of the list:

WPA-PSK Encryption:

The wireless data is being encrypted with a user-defined key. Wireless clients must be configured with this key before they can connect to the Thomson Gateway.

WEP Encryption:

The first encryption type used for wireless connections. Like WPA-PSK it uses a user-defined key, but WEP has been proven to have some security issues. We strongly recommend you to use WPA-PSK instead.

Which encryption type should I use?

We strongly recommend you to WPA-PSK.

Although the Thomson Gateway allows you to use WEP or no security, it is not recommended to use these settings. Only use WEP if you have wireless clients that don’t support a higher encryption level.

Configuring the wireless encryption

Proceed as follows:

1Open the Thomson Gateway GUI.

2On the left menu, click Home Network.

3Under Wireless, click your access point.

Your access point is listed in the following format: “WLAN:<Network Name> (<Actual Speed>)”. For

example, WLAN: Thomson83C7C7 (54Mbps).

4The Wireless Access Point page appears.

5In the Navigation bar, click Configure.

6Under Security, you can change the Encryption. If you want to use:

WPA-PSK encryption, continue with “3.3.1 Configuring WPA-PSK Encryption” on page 28.

WEP encryption, continue with “3.3.2 Configuring WEP Encryption” on page 29.

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