Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 - Manual (Page 172)

Chapter 6: Configuring Security
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Understanding Security
The AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 access points provide many different
security features and solutions that you can use to create a secure
wireless network. To create a secure wireless network, you need to be
concerned about:
ˆ securing your backbone. Only authorized users should be able to
communicate with your network.
ˆ keeping your data private. Make it difficult for an eavesdropper, such
as a rogue access point, to monitor your data.
ˆ authenticating wireless end devices. End devices must prove who they
are before they are allowed to communicate with your network.
Depending on the radios in the access point and the amount of security
you need in your network, you can implement one or more of the security
solutions in the following table.
Table 1 AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Security Solutions
Security Type Secure
Backbone Data
Privacy Client
Authentication
Change default
parameters X
Disable access methods X
Enable secure IAPP X
Enable secure wireless
hops X X
Use a password server to
manage access point
logins X
Configure a VLAN for
each radio X
Use an Access Control
List (ACL) X
Use WEP 64/128/152
security X