Motorola SURFBOARD SVG2500 User Manual

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Configure on the SVG2500

Required on Each Wireless Client

If all of your wireless clients support
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA),
Motorola recommends configuring
WPA on the SVG2500

If you use a local pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) passphrase,
you must configure the identical passphrase to the
SVG2500 on each wireless client. Home and small-office
settings typically use a local passphrase.

Otherwise, configure WEP on
the SVG2500

You must configure the identical WEP key to the SVG2500
on each wireless client.

If all of your wireless clients support WPA encryption, Motorola recommends using
WPA instead of WEP because WPA:

• Provides much stronger encryption and is more secure
• Provides authentication to ensure that only authorized users can log in to your

WLAN

• Is much easier to configure
• Uses a standard algorithm on all compliant products to generate a key from a

textual passphrase

• Will be incorporated into the new IEEE 802.11i wireless networking standard

For new wireless LANs, Motorola recommends purchasing client adapters that
support WPA encryption.