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Wireless Security

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8.3 Wireless Security It is very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you do not, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent and cause serious network security problems. To set wireless security settings, Please click '2.4GHz Wireless' or '5GHz Wireless' menu on the left of the web management interface, then click 'Security Settings', then follow these instructions to set wireless security settings: Please select an encryption method from 'Encryption' dropdown menu, there are four options: 8.3.1 Disable wireless security When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control [see section 8.4] or disable ESSID broadcast). Only use this option when you want to allow anyone to use your wireless router and you do not care if someone reads the data you transfer over the network without your consent. 88

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8.3 Wireless Security
It is very important to set wireless security settings properly!
If you do not,
hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without
your consent and cause serious network security problems.
To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘2.4GHz Wireless’ or ‘5GHz
Wireless’ menu on the left of the web management interface, then click
‘Security Settings’, then follow these instructions to set wireless security
settings:
Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there
are four options:
8.3.1 Disable wireless security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled and every wireless
device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other
security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control [see section 8.4]
or disable ESSID broadcast).
Only use this option when you want to allow anyone to use your wireless
router and you do not care if someone reads the data you transfer over the
network without your consent.