User's Manual

Configuring Gigaset PC Card 108

Configuration – Security

The range of a wireless network cannot be restricted to an enclosed area. The advantage

of a location-independent connection set-up brings with it the risk of unauthorised per-

sons eavesdropping on your wireless communications. To avoid misuse of your data, it

is especially important to encrypt transmission over your WLAN.

With Gigaset data products, you can adjust the security settings for each configuration

profile to suit your needs. The following encryption methods are available:

u WPA-PSK (recommended)

u WEP encryption (128 bit or 64 bit)

You can perform the security settings in Security of tab Configuration.

u WPA is available for networks with authentication servers:

Activating security options

In the Configuration – Security tab, the default security mode is Disabled. You can use

this to register on all wireless networks which do not use encryption for data transfer.

If you would like to register on a wireless network where registration is checked and data

transfer is encrypted, you must activate the security options of your Gigaset PC Card

108.

ì Select the security mode in the pop-up window Security:

A window opens to configure the mode.

– WEP (see page 23)

– WPA-PSK (see page 25)

WPA-PSK offers greater protection for your network than WEP. You should therefore

use WPA-PSK for registration if all components in your network support this.

Notes:

u Super G mode can only be used if the Access Point supports this transmission

mode. If this is not the case and you leave the Super G default setting, the trans-

mission mode actually supported by the Access Point is used.

u If not all components in your wireless network support Super G, this can reduce

the transmission rate for technical reasons.

u Super G mode always uses channel 6. You cannot use Super G if this channel is

assigned to another network within the transmission range of your wireless net-

work.

Please remember:

Successful communication depends on all the connection partners in a WLAN using

the same security settings (type of encryption and the appropriate keys).