NETGEAR MR314 - Wireless Router, Справочное руководство

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Reference Guide for the Model MR314 Cable/DSL Wireless Router
Advanced Configuration of the Router 5-9
Wireless Security
Unlike wired network data, your wireless data transmissions can extend beyond your walls and
can be received by anyone with a compatible adapter. For this reason, NETGEAR strongly
recommends that you make use of the security features of your wireless equipment. As a minimum
security precaution, you should change the ESSID setting of all devices on your network from the
factory setting to a unique password. Restricting access by MAC address filtering adds another
obstacle against unwanted hosts joining your network.
To hinder a determined eavesdropper, you should enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data
encryption. However, there may be a significant degradation of the data throughput on the wireless
link when WEP is enabled.
For further information on wireless networking, refer to “Wireless Networking ” in Appendix B,
“Network and Routing Basics .”