Wireless Pages; Setting Up Your Wireless Lan; Enabling Wireless Security On Your Lan - Motorola surfboard sbg901 User Manual

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The SBG901 Wireless Pages allow you to configure your wireless LAN (WLAN). You can click any
Wireless submenu option to view or change the configuration information for that option. WPA or
WPA2 encryption provides higher security than WEP encryption, but older wireless client cards
may not support the newer WPA or WPA2 encryption methods.

Setting Up Your Wireless LAN

You can use the SBG901 as an access point for a wireless LAN (WLAN) without changing its
default settings.
CAUTION: To prevent unauthorized eavesdropping or access to WLAN data, you
must enable wireless security. The default SBG901 settings provide no wireless
security. After your WLAN is operational, be sure to enable wireless security
To enable security for your WLAN, you can do the following on the SBG901:
To
Encrypt wireless transmissions
and restrict WLAN access
Further prevent unauthorized
WLAN intrusions
CAUTION: Never provide your SSID, WPA or WEP passphrase, or WEP key to
anyone who is not authorized to use your WLAN.
Connect at least one computer to the SBG901 Ethernet port to perform configuration. Do not
attempt to configure the SBG901 over a wireless connection.
You need to configure each wireless client (station) to access the SBG901 LAN as described in
Configuring the Wireless
Another step to improve wireless security is to place wireless components away from windows.
This decreases the signal strength outside the intended area.

9 Wireless Pages

This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in PDM
Table 21 Enabling Wireless Security on Your LAN
Perform
Encrypting Wireless LAN
Transmissions
Restricting Wireless LAN
Access
Clients.
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Wireless Pages
Use in SBG901 Configuration Mgr
Wireless 802.11b/g Privacy Page
Wireless 802.11b/g Access Control
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