Wireless Lan Mac Address Filtering; Wep Encryption; Full Network Management; Logging And Tracing - ZyXEL Communications G-560 User Manual

ZyXEL G-560 User's Guide
IEEE 802.11g is fully compatible with the IEEE 802.11b standard. This means an IEEE 802.11b radio card
can interface directly with an IEEE 802.11g access point (and vice versa) at 11 Mbps or lower depending on
range.
Wi-Fi Protected Access
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i security specification draft. Key differences
between WPA and WEP are user authentication and improved data encryption.
SSL Passthrough
The G-560 allows SSL connections to go through the G-560. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) uses a public key
to encrypt data that's transmitted over an SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer
support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card
numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with "https" instead of "http".

Wireless LAN MAC Address Filtering

Your G-560 checks the MAC address of the wireless station against a list of allowed or denied MAC
addresses.

WEP Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network to help
keep network communications private.
IEEE 802.1x Network Security
The G-560 supports the IEEE 802.1x standard to enhance user authentication. Use the built-in user profile
database to authenticate up to 32 users using MD5 encryption. Use an EAP-compatible RADIUS (RFC2138,
2139 - Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) server to authenticate a limitless number of users using
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). EAP is an authentication protocol that supports multiple types of
authentication.

Full Network Management

The embedded web configurator is an all-platform web-based utility that allows you to easily access the G-
560's management settings.

Logging and Tracing

Built-in message logging and packet tracing.

Wireless Association List

With the wireless association list, you can see the list of the wireless stations that are currently using the G-
560 to access your wired network.
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