Netgear WAG102NA ユーザーズマニュアル

Basic Installation and Configuration

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Your wireless data transmissions can be received well beyond your walls by anyone with a 
compatible adapter. For this reason, use the security features of your wireless equipment. The 
WAG102 Wireless Access Point provides highly effective security features, which are covered in 
detail in this chapter. Deploy the security features appropriate to your needs.

There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network:

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Restrict Access Based on MAC address. You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that 
unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the WAG102. MAC address filtering adds an 
obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link 
is fully exposed. 

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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 the wireless 
network “discovery” feature of some products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully 
exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test equipment like wireless sniffers.

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Use 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. 

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Use WPA or WPA-PSK. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption provides data 
security. The very strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WPA make 
it virtually impossible to compromise. Because this is a new standard, wireless device driver 
and software availability may be limited. 

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