Wireless Equipment

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Option NV Powerwave Technologies Inc. Relm Wireless Corporation Spectrian Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. Wireless Telecom Group, Inc.

Guide to Wireless Equipment

Taking Steps To Secure Your Wireless Equipment
By Kimberly Ben

Wireless equipment provides business owners with the freedom to connect to the Internet from anywhere in their offices. Offices using wireless Internet equipment need to be aware of any intrusion that could affect their Internet connection. An unsecured wireless network equipment is a vulnerability you cannot afford.

Unsecured wireless LANs are easy targets for Internet predators using laptops and scanning programs to search out unsecured Ethernet connections. This enables a hacker to log in and have access to passwords and anything else you are authorized to do. A hacker would have access to any information you send or receive through your network. There are steps you can take and wireless supplies you can use to protect your company's accounts, passwords and other confidential information. Wireless suppliers can easily be found online with everything you need. This guide will show you how to:

1. Add firewall protection on each computer and router used.

2. Position your router facing the center of the room; keep it away from windows which could cause leakage.

3. Turn off the network when it has been on for long periods of time.

Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Change Your Computer's Wireless Equipment Set Up Wireless Internet equipment requires network signals to be exchanged to and from your computer. You can improve a weak signal by replacing wireless accessories like your laptop's PC card-based wireless adaptor with a USB network adaptor that uses an external antenna.

I recommend:  Purchase wireless accessories like the Wireless-G Networking Adaptor for your wireless network are. It is ideal for connecting your desktop or laptop computer to a wireless network and securing your wireless communication with WPA encryption. Check out USB-Ware and other wireless supplies for adaptors and more wireless Internet equipment.

Encrypt your wireless connection Unfortunately no wireless equipment is 100% secure. But an unencrypted wireless network allows anyone access to information shared in your network.

I recommend:  Tutorial 5 offers instructions for setting up a secure wireless network on LYNKSYS. You can also download Windows based desktop security from Secure ZIP Standard Version 11 free.

Keep your computer and equipment for wireless connection updated and protected by a firewall Keep your computer's wireless technology system up to date with a virus, spyware and firewall program. Wireless technology exposes your business to a variety of security risks. These things are essential to insuring your security.

I recommend:  You can take a free short course at 3com on how to protect your business network with firewalls. Larger businesses might consider hiring the services of wireless equipment vendors like Symantec to manage your company's network security for you. They also provide additional wireless equipment like disaster recovery.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• Once your wireless equipment is up and running, make sure that you immediately change the default administrative passwords and usernames to insure your Internet security.