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Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions

To prevent unauthorized viewing of data transmitted over your WLAN, you must encrypt

your wireless transmissions. Choose one:

Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions

Configure on the SBG941 Required on Each Wireless Client

If all of your wireless clients

support Wi-Fi Protected Access

(WPA), Motorola recommends

configuring WPA on the SBG941

If you use a local pre-shared key (WPA-PSK)

passphrase, you must configure the identical

passphrase to the SBG941 on each wireless client.

Home and small-office settings typically use a local

passphrase.

Otherwise, configure WEP on the

SBG941

You must configure the identical WEP key to the

SBG941 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.

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