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:
The wireless data is being encrypted with a
WEP Encryption:
The first encryption type used for wireless connections. Like
Which encryption type should I use?
We strongly recommend you to
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:
WEP encryption, continue with “3.3.2 Configuring WEP Encryption” on page 29.
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