NETGEAR DG834GUv5 Reference Manual page 45

• 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 wireless network
'discovery' feature of some products, such as Windows XP, but the data is still exposed.
• WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP Shared
Key authentication and WEP data encryption will block all but the most determined
eavesdropper.
• WPA. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption provides data security. The very strong
authentication along with dynamic per frame re-keying of WPA make it virtually impossible to
compromise. Because this is a new standard, wireless device driver and software availability
may be limited.
Wireless Configuration
v3.0, September 2005
DG834G Reference Manual
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