====== Wireless Security ====== ^ :!: **Your unit does not have any wireless interface.** ^ | If your unit does have a wireless antenna then you must purchase a [[:license]] to be able to activate wireless. | :!: **It is __extremely__ important to protect your wireless network!** An unprotected wireless network means **anybody** within several hundred meters from you can eavesdrop on your communication, steal your data, credit card numbers, or infect your computers with viruses! We **strongly** recommend you to use **WPA2** encryption! The Internet Gate offers several different ways of increasing wireless security:\\ ==== Encryption ==== You can select WEP, WPA and WPA2 as **Security** (encryption). :!: Avoid using WEP as it has //very// weak security! Only use WEP if absolutely necessary, e.g. when connecting legacy clients only capable of WEP. ==== Access Control ==== You can specify exactly which clients are allowed to connect to your Internet Gate. Specify the MAC address of each allowed client then enable **Access Control** to allow only those clients to connect. ==== Closed System ==== Closed System means your Internet Gate does not appear on clients "Available hosts" list, but must be connected to manually. ==== Café mode ==== Cafe mode means each client can connect to the Internet Gate and the Internet, but they cannot communicate with each other. Wireless clients A and B can both connect to the Internet, but client A cannot connect to client B. ===== Configuration ===== Read more about [[wireless security configuration]]. You configure the above wireless security settings on the [[web GUI:wireless page]].