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7-3 wireless security – AirLive WN-250R User Manual

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2. System and Network Setup

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2-7-3 Wireless Security

It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and

malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent and this

will cause serious security problem.

To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web

management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow the following instructions

to set wireless security settings:

Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there are four

options:

2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in

proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled

(like MAC address access control - see section 2-7-4, or disable ESSID broadcast).

Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your wireless

router, and you don’t care if there’s someone reads the data you transfer over

network without your consent.

2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the following

setup menu will be shown on your web browser: