ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Chapter Wireless Security, Wireless Security Overview

HomeSafe User’s Guide

Chapter 7

Wireless Security

This Chapter describes how to use the MAC Filter, 802.1x, Local User Database and RADIUS to configure wireless security on your HomeSafe.

7.1Wireless Security Overview

Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless stations, access points and the wired network.

The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your HomeSafe. 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 stations.

Figure 7-1 HomeSafe Wireless Security Levels

If you do not enable any wireless security on your HomeSafe, your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.

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