Specifications

August 2010
G4500 BLACKBOX PORTABLE OPERATIONAL MANUAL
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Establishing a Security on Wireless Interface
As a factory default setting, a BLACKBOX Portable is supplied with an unse-
cured wireless (Wi-Fi) interface configuration. This is probably the most con-
venient way of getting starting and using the device for the first time. However,
in practical usage scenarios, it is most likely that some level of security would be
required to avoid unauthorized access to configuration screens and/or the data.
The BLACKBOX Portable utilizes an industry standard wireless router which is
capable of providing a full list of security measures required for establishing a
fully secure and reliable wireless communication even on the most security-
sensitive applications.
The most simplified way of enabling a wireless security is using the wireless
router’s Setup Wizard (refer to Wireless Router on page 36).
Step 6 of the wizard allows setup of wireless security, turning ON WEP or WPA
encryption access and password control.
The main selection is between two most popular security key exchange
and encryption methods:
 WEP is the one of the oldest and probably still most popular encryption scheme. Some
security experts used to believe that this security mechanism it relatively easy to crack,
or break into, so it is not the best form of security for the wireless network. The pass-
word is defined as a 10 characters HEX number, which is quite easy to remember/use,
yet probably easier to break as well.