User`s guide

ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide

If you are following the First Time Settings wizard, the next page

in the wizard sequence is displayed, which allows you to

Configure Wireless Network Security.

If you have accessed this page from the General Settings

section of the Wireless Network page, click on the Confirm

Changes button to apply changes and return to the Wireless

Network page.

Configure Wireless Network Security

The following page allows you to configure wireless security:

Figure 36: Wireless Network: Security page

You can protect your wireless data from potential

eavesdroppers by encrypting wireless data transmissions. An

eavesdropper might set up a compatible wireless adapter within

range of your device and attempt to access your network. Data

encryption is the translation of data into a form that cannot be

easily understood by unauthorized users.

There are two methods of wireless security to choose from:

• Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP); data is encrypted into

blocks of either 64 bits length or 128 bits length. The

encrypted data can only be sent and received by users with

access to a private network key. Each PC on your wireless

network must be manually configured with the same key as

your device in order to allow wireless encrypted data

transmissions. Eavesdroppers cannot access your network

if they do not know your private key. WEP is considered to

be a low security option.

• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA); provides a stronger data

encryption method (called Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

(TKIP)). It runs in a special, easy-to-set-up home mode

called Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that allows you to manually

enter a pass phrase on all the devices in your wireless

network. WPA data encryption is based on a WPA master

key. The master key is derived from the pass phrase and

the network name (SSID) of the device.

To configure security, choose one of the following options:

• If you do not want to use Wireless Network security, click

the Off radio button and then click Next>. Off is the default

setting, but you are strongly recommended to use

wireless network security on your device.