Netgear MA401 MA401 Reference Manual - Page 49
Protecting Your Wireless Connection, Enabling Basic Wireless Security Features
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Chapter 3 Protecting Your Wireless Connection The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes wireless links vulnerable to information theft. This chapter describes how to use the basic security features of the MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card to protect your connection. Enabling Basic Wireless Security Features There are several ways you can strengthen the security of your wireless connection. • Enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption of the wireless data communications. • Change the factory default SSID setting of the MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card. In addition to the MA401 wireless security features, you should also configure appropriate LAN network security features such as requiring a user name and password to access the shared resources in your network. Netgear strongly recommends that, at a minimum, you configure your wireless network to use an SSID other than the default setting.The procedures below identify how to change the SSID and WEP encryption settings of your MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card. Protecting Your Wireless Connection 3-1