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Wifi Protected Access WPA, Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP

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DECToverIP® Configuration difficult and does not generally increase data security, so it is preferable to leave this on the default setting of "Off". Security Settings On no account should you use Open System or Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) settings, whether out of convenience or in order to avoid configuration problems, unless of course you want to start up an Internet Cafe! ■ Activate the Wifi Protected Access (WPA) option. ■ Under Type select the "WPA v.1"setting. If you are running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system from ServicePack2 or higher on your computer, you can use the "WPA v.2" setting. ■ For standard operation select the Pre-Shared Key option. Enter a password in the Value input field and leave it set to Text. Use a password with the following characteristics: - No words or names that can be found in a dictionary - At least 8 characters long - It should also include numbers, a mixture of upper and lower case and special characters You could also use the Generate button to generate a password. Some WLAN configuration software does not convert text into hexadecimal values as a standard procedure. If this is the case, go to the Hex Value setting and select the Generate button. ■ Leave the Cipher Length setting at 256 Bit and the Distribution Interval setting at 120 seconds. You will not usually need the settings for WME or for configuring Multiple SSIDs for standard operation. Tip: If you are running an Internet-Cafe without using powerful encryption, you should, for the sake of your customers' secu- rity, prevent them from being able to access each others' computers. Activate the BSS Isolation option. You can also stop unpleasant guests from using the system with a MAC Address Filter - but this will not hold up users who know about this function for long. 126

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DECToverIP
®
Configuration
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difficult and does not generally increase data security, so it is preferable to
leave this on the default setting of “Off”.
Security Settings
On no account should you use
Open System
or
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
settings
,
whether out of convenience or in order to avoid configuration problems,
unless of course you want to start up an Internet Cafe!
■
Activate the
Wifi Protected Access (WPA)
option.
■
Under
Type
select the “WPA v.1”setting. If you are running the Microsoft
Windows XP operating system from ServicePack2 or higher on your computer,
you can use the “WPA v.2” setting.
■
For standard operation select the
Pre-Shared Key
option. Enter a password in
the
Value
input field and leave it set to
Text
. Use a password with the following
characteristics:
– No words or names that can be found in a dictionary
– At least 8 characters long
– It should also include numbers, a mixture of upper and lower case and
special characters
You could also use the
Generate
button
to generate a password. Some WLAN
configuration software does not convert text into hexadecimal values as a
standard procedure. If this is the case, go to the
Hex Value
setting and select
the
Generate
button.
■
Leave the
Cipher Length
setting at 256 Bit and the
Distribution Interval
setting at 120 seconds. You will not usually need the settings for
WME
or for
configuring
Multiple SSIDs
for standard operation.
Tip:
If you are running an Internet-Cafe without using powerful
encryption, you should, for the sake of your customers’ secu-
rity, prevent them from being able to access each others’
computers. Activate the
BSS Isolation
option. You can also
stop unpleasant guests from using the system with a
MAC
Address Filter
– but this will not hold up users who know
about this function for long.