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Security
2.2
Security
Security is of utmost importance within radio networks.
Therefore it is important that no unauthorized users can
register in a WLAN to use its Internet access or shared net-
work resources.
This is why the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater adopts the security
settings of your FRITZ!Box when it establishes a connec-
tion using WPS. For radio networks set up manually, these
security settings must be configured in the user interfaces
of the devices.
Encryption
The most important security setting is encryption. The
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater supports the security mechanisms
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Ac-
cess) and WPA2 as follows:
As part of the WEP mechanism a static key is deter-
mined to serve for the encryption of the user data.
WLAN Radio Network Name (SSID)
In the factory settings of the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater a value
of “FRITZ!WLAN Repeater N/G” is preset as the default val-
ue of the SSID (Service Set Identifier). As soon as the ini-
tial configuration has been completed, the
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater automatically takes on the network
name of your WLAN base station. Depending on the WLAN
client used and how accessible it is, the network name of
the base station and the repeater will be listed once or
multiple times in the WLAN software. If you want to be
able to distinguish the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater from the
base station, you can change the network name of the
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
Radio signals can also be received outside of office or res-
idential spaces and abused for criminal purposes.
