User guide

BigPond Elite™ Wireless Broadband Network Gateway USER GUIDE
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6. 2 SE CUR ITY
This Gateway incl u d e s a n u m b e r of o p t i o n s to he l p pro v i d e a secure connection to th e Next G ™
Network .
Security features incl u d e :
• WEP / WPA / WPA2 data encr y p t i o n
• SPI Fire wall
• VPN Pa ss -Thro u g h
• MAC address I P f il t e ring
• Aut h e n t ication pro t o co ls – PAP / CHAP
Yo u c a n aut h e n t icate or encr y p t your service on t h e Wi-Fi Pro t e c t e d Acce ss a lg o rit h m , which
provides pro t e c t i o n against unaut h o rized access su c h a s e av e s d ropping .
The fo l l o wi ng screen ap p e a rs wh e n Securi t y is selected. Th e S e c u ri t y pag e allows yo u t o
configure se c u ri t y features of your Ga t e way’s wire l e ss L AN i n t e r f a ce . You c a n se t t h e network
aut h e n t ic a t i o n m e t hod, select da t a e n cryption, specify whet h e r a network key is re q u ired to
aut h e n t ic a t e t o t his wire l e ss n e t w o rk and sp e c i f y t he encr y p t i o n st re ngt h .
Click Sav e / A p p l y t o co n f ig u re t h e wire l e ss security options.