Chapter 7 Wireless Security; Wireless Security Overview; Figure 7-1 Homesafe Wireless Security Levels - ZyXEL Communications Parental Control Gateway HS100/HS100W User Manual

HomeSafe User's Guide
Chapter 7
Wireless Security
This Chapter describes how to use the MAC Filter, 802.1x, Local User Database and
RADIUS to configure wireless security on your HomeSafe.
7.1

Wireless Security Overview

Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless
stations, access points and the wired network.
The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your HomeSafe. EAP (Extensible
Authentication Protocol) is used for authentication and utilizes dynamic WEP key exchange. It
requires interaction with a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server either
on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication service for wireless stations.

Figure 7-1 HomeSafe Wireless Security Levels

If you do not enable any wireless security on your HomeSafe, your network is accessible to any
wireless networking device that is within range.
Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption.
Wireless Security 7-1