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ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360
Unlike wired network data, your wireless data transmissions can extend beyond your walls
and can be received by anyone with a compatible adapter. For this reason, use the security
features of your wireless equipment. The wireless access point provides highly effective
security features that are covered in detail in this chapter. Deploy the security features
appropriate to your needs.
Figure 14.
There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network:
• Use multiple BSSIDs combined with VLANs. You can configure combinations of
VLANS and BSSIDs (security profiles) with stronger or less restrictive access security
according to your requirements. For example, visitors could be given wireless Internet
access but be excluded from any access to your internal network. For information about
how to configure BSSIDs, see
• Restrict access based by MAC address. You can allow only trusted PCs to connect so
that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the wireless access point. Restricting
access by MAC address adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but
the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed. For information about how to
restrict access by MAC address, see
page 53.
• Turn off the broadcast of the wireless network name (SSID). If you disable broadcast
of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies the
wireless network discovery feature of some products, such as Windows XP, but the data
is still exposed. For information about how to turn of broadcast of the SSID, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
• WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP
shared key authentication and WEP data encryption block all but the most determined
eavesdropper. This data encryption mode has been superseded by WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK.
For information about how to configure WEP, see
on page 42 and Configure an Open System with WEP or Shared Key with WEP
page 47.
• Legacy 802.1X. Legacy 80.1X uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication but no data
encryption.
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address
on page 42.
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Configure and Enable Security Profiles
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