User`s guide

24 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Adapter User’s Guide
Help Protect Your Network from Unauthorized Access
Because wireless networks use radio signals, it is possible for other wireless network
devices outside your immediate area to pick up the signals and either connect to your
network or capture the network traffic. To help prevent unauthorized connections or
the possibility of eavesdroppers listening in on your network traffic, do the following:
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If you have a base station, router, or gateway, place it toward the center of your
home. This decreases the strength of the signal outside your home.
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Enable 128-bit wireless security (WEP) on your network. When you enable WEP, you
establish a WEP key that scrambles or “encrypts” the data being transmitted
between wireless nodes so that it is decipherable only by computers that have the
correct WEP key. In addition, only users who know the network WEP key can join
your network and use your Internet connection. If you did not enable wireless
security when you ran the Setup Wizard, you can do so from the Broadband
Network Utility.