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Understanding WEP Authentication and Encryption

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall FWAG114 - Beacon Interval. Specifies the Beacon Interval value. Enter a value in between 20 to 1000. Default: 100. - DTIM. The Delivery Traffic Indication Message. Specifies the data beacon rate between 1 and 255. Default: 1 - WEP Status. If WEP is enabled, this will indicate the current settings. • Access Point Connections. Lets you restrict wireless connections according to a list of Trusted PCs MAC addresses. When the Trusted PCs Only radio button is selected, the FWAG114 checks the MAC address of the wireless station and only allows connections to PCs identified on the trusted PCs list. • SSID Broadcast Enable. The default setting is to enable SSID broadcast. If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast somewhat hampers the wireless network 'discovery' feature of some products. • Enable Bridging to the Wired LAN. The default setting is to enable bridging to the wired LAN. If you disable bridging to the LAN, wireless devices cannot communicate with computers on the Ethernet LAN but can still access the Internet. Although the types of settings described above are the same for either type of wireless network, the choices you make in each type of network can be different. For example, you can disable the SSID broadcast in you 802.11a wireless network but enable it in your 802.11b/g network. Understanding WEP Authentication and Encryption Restricting wireless access to your network prevents intruders from connecting to your network. However, the wireless data transmissions are still vulnerable to snooping. Using the WEB data encryption settings described below will prevent a determined intruder from eavesdropping on your wireless data communications. Also, if you are using the Internet for such activities as purchases or banking, those Internet sites use another level of highly secure encryption called SSL. You can tell if a web site is using SSL because the web address begins with HTTPS rather than HTTP. Authentication Type The FWAG114 lets you select the following wireless authentication schemes. • Open System. • Shared key. 4-6 Wireless Configuration

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall FWAG114
4-6
Wireless Configuration
–
Beacon Interval
. Specifies the Beacon Interval value. Enter a value in between 20 to
1000. Default: 100.
–
DTIM
. The Delivery Traffic Indication Message. Specifies the data beacon rate between 1
and 255. Default: 1
–
WEP Status
. If WEP is enabled, this will indicate the current settings.
•
Access Point Connections.
Lets you restrict wireless connections according to a list of
Trusted PCs MAC addresses. When the Trusted PCs Only radio button is selected, the
FWAG114 checks the MAC address of the wireless station and only allows connections to PCs
identified on the trusted PCs list.
•
SSID Broadcast Enable.
The default setting is to enable SSID broadcast. If you disable
broadcast of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID
broadcast somewhat hampers the wireless network ‘discovery’ feature of some products.
•
Enable Bridging to the Wired LAN.
The default setting is to enable bridging to the wired
LAN. If you disable bridging to the LAN, wireless devices cannot communicate with
computers on the Ethernet LAN but can still access the Internet.
Although the types of settings described above are the same for either type of wireless network,
the choices you make in each type of network can be different. For example, you can disable the
SSID broadcast in you 802.11a wireless network but enable it in your 802.11b/g network.
Understanding WEP Authentication and Encryption
Restricting wireless access to your network prevents intruders from connecting to your network.
However, the wireless data transmissions are still vulnerable to snooping. Using the WEB data
encryption settings described below will prevent a determined intruder from eavesdropping on
your wireless data communications. Also, if you are using the Internet for such activities as
purchases or banking, those Internet sites use another level of highly secure encryption called SSL.
You can tell if a web site is using SSL because the web address begins with HTTPS rather than
HTTP.
Authentication Type
The FWAG114 lets you select the following wireless authentication schemes.
•
Open System.
•
Shared key.