Chapter 3 - Protecting Your Wireless Connection; Enabling Basic Wireless Security Features - NETGEAR MA401 Installation Manual

Protecting Your Wireless Connection
The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes wireless links
vulnerable to information theft. This chapter describes how to use the basic
security features of the MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card to protect your
connection.

Enabling Basic Wireless Security Features

There are several ways you can strengthen the security of your wireless
connection.
• Enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption of the wireless data
communications.
• Change the factory default SSID setting of the MA401 802.11b Wireless PC
Card.
In addition to the MA401 wireless security features, you should also configure
appropriate LAN network security features such as requiring a user name and
password to access the shared resources in your network.
Netgear strongly recommends that, at a minimum, you configure your wireless
network to use an SSID other than the default setting.The procedures below
identify how to change the SSID and WEP encryption settings of your MA401
802.11b Wireless PC Card.
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