19216811.liveWireless-G Router WGR614v9 Reference Manual
2-2
Safeguarding Your Network
v1.1, May 2008
WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK
encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause significant
performance degradation with a slow computer.
The Wireless-G Router provides two screens for configuring the wireless settings: the basic
Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Setup in the main menu (see
“Changing Wireless
Security Settings” on page 2-5
), and the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access
under Advanced (see
“Changing Wireless Security Settings” on page 2-5
).
Basic security options are listed in order of increasing effectiveness in
Table 2-1
below. Other
features that affect security are listed in
Table 2-2 on page 2-3
. For more details on wireless
security methods, see the online document
“Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B
.
Note:
NETGEAR recommends that you change the administration password of your
router. Default passwords are well known, and an intruder can use your
administrator access to read or disable your security settings. For information
about how to change the administrator password, see
“Changing the Administrator
Password” on page 2-14
.
Figure 2-1
WGR614v9
1) Open system: easy but no security
2) MAC access list: no data security
3) WEP: security but some performance
impact
4) WPA-PSK: strong security
5) WPA2-PSK: very strong security
Wireless data
security options
Range: up to 300 foot radius
Note:
Use these with other features that enhance security (
Table 2-2 on page 2-3
).