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No Security, Basic WEP Encryption
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Chapter 7 Wireless 7.2.1 No Security Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data encryption or authentication. Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your VMG, your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range. Figure 31 Wireless > General: No Security The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 17 Wireless > General: No Security LABEL DESCRIPTION Security Level Choose No Security to allow all wireless connections without data encryption or authentication. 7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points (AP) to keep network communications private. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key. Note: WEP is extremely insecure. Its encryption can be broken by an attacker, using widely-available software. It is strongly recommended that you use a more effective security mechanism. Use the strongest security mechanism that all the wireless devices in your network support. For example, use WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK if all your wireless devices support it, or use WPA or WPA2 if your wireless devices support it and you have a RADIUS server. If your wireless devices support nothing stronger than WEP, use the highest encryption level available. Your VMG allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can be enabled at any one time. Note: WEP is not available when you set the wireless band to 5GHz. In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Network Setting > Wireless to display the General screen, then select Basic as the security level. VMG4825-B10A User's Guide 87