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3-6-3 Security Settings
It is important to set your wireless security settings properly! If you do not configure a
wireless security setting, unauthorized users can use your network and/or obtain valuable
data without your consent.
To set wireless security settings, please click ‘General Setup’ tab at the top of web
management interface, then click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column.
Choose ‘Security Settings’.
Please select an encryption method from the ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there are four
options:
Disable -Please go to section 3-6-3-1
WEP -Please go to section 3-6-3-2
WPA -Please go to section 3-6-3-3
WPA Radius -Please go to section 3-6-3-4
3-6-3-1 Disable wireless security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in
proximity will be able to connect your wireless access point if no other security measure
is enabled (like MAC address access control - see section 3-6-4, or disable SSID
broadcast).
Use this option only when you want to allow any user to use your wireless access point,
and you are not concerned about unauthorized access to your files and/or transfers
over your network.
3-6-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
When you select this mode, the wireless access point will use WEP encryption, and the