Secured WLAN

[Indir]

Can ANYONE explain me plase:
I have Micronet WLAN acces point, an Laptop connected and an Desktop cumputer, also connecterd (cable modem - acces point - USB WLAN cards). So, the question is: how to protect my access point? Anyone can connect and it is not secured.

How to set up access point itself?

Thanx

 

[lgarner]

1. Enable encryption- WEP or WPA
2. Disalble SSID broadcast
3. Maybe restrict access by MAC; I don't know if your AP can.

 

[dufresnem]

Securing a WLAN connection is accomplished by implementing the following changes;

1- Make sure your Router and AP supports WiFi Protected access security protocols (WPA, WPA PreShared Key, TKIP and AES etc..)

2- If it doesn't, find out if a firmware upgrade will add those security features. If your router and AP supports the above security, check to see if the latest firmware has improvements and upgrade if necessary.

3- Disable SSID broadcasts
4- Restrict by MAC address
5- Enable WPA PreShared Key w/ TKIP or AES at every point including the client.

6-DO NOT enable WEP, it is NOT secure. WEP was designed around 1997 security standards and is easily compromised.