ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide

Chapter 4

Security Settings

This chapter discusses how to configure wireless security on the G-360.

4.1Wireless LAN Security

Wireless LAN security is vital to protect wireless communications.

The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your G-360. EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is used for authentication and utilizes dynamic WEP key exchange. It requires interaction with a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server either on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication service for wireless clients.

Table 4-1 Wireless LAN Security Levels

SECURITY LEVEL

SECURITY TYPE

 

 

Least Secure

Unique SSID (Default)

 

 

 

Unique SSID with SSID Hidden

 

 

 

MAC Address Filtering

 

 

 

WEP Encryption

 

 

 

IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication

 

 

Most Secure

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

 

WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)

 

 

 

Configure the wireless LAN security using the Profile Security Settings screen. If you do not enable any wireless security on your G-360, the G-360’s wireless communications are accessible to any wireless networking device that is in the coverage area.

4.1.1 Data Encryption with WEP

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption scrambles all data packets transmitted between the G-360 and the AP or other peer wireless device to keep them private. Both the wireless clients and the access points must use the same WEP key for data encryption and decryption.

There are two ways to create WEP keys in your G-360.

Automatic WEP key generation based on a “password phrase” called a passphrase. The passphrase is case sensitive. You must use the same passphrase for all WLAN adapters with this feature in the same WLAN.

Security Settings

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