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User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111

Wireless Networking Basics B-11

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Note: Some 802.11 access points also support Use WEP for Authentication Only (Shared Key

Authentication without data encryption). However, the WPN111 does not offer this option.

802.1x Port Based Network Access Control

Securing any kind of network involves allowing authorized parties to access traffic and networked

resources (e.g., servers, hosts) while blocking outsiders. One essential ingredient in this recipe:

permitting or denying physical attachment to the underlying communications medium.

In Ethernet LANs, this has long been accomplished by disabling unused RJ-45 jacks and

controlling access to Ethernet switch ports according to the Media Access Control (MAC)

addresses of the attached device. Early wireless LANs followed suit by using access control lists

(ACLs) to permit associations by known MAC addresses while rejecting all others. MAC ACLs

are quite easy to understand and configure. However, ACLs become difficult to manage in large

dynamic networks and are easily circumvented by network interface cards (NICs) with

programmable addresses.

The LAN Port Access Control framework defined by the IEEE 802.1X standard addresses these

needs.

With 802.11 WEP, all wireless access points and client wireless adapters on a particular wireless

LAN must use the same encryption key. Each sending station encrypts data with a WEP key before

transmission, and the receiving station decrypts it using an identical key. This process reduces the

risk of someone passively monitoring the transmission and gaining access to the data transmitted

over the wireless connections.

However, a major problem with the 802.11 wireless standard is that the keys are cumbersome to

change. If you don't update the WEP keys often, an unauthorized person with a sniffing tool can

monitor your network for less than a day and decode the encrypted messages. In order to use

different keys, you must manually configure each access point and wireless adapter with new keys.

Products based on the 802.11 standard alone offer system administrators no effective method to

update the keys. This might not be too much of concern with a few users, but the job of renewing

keys on larger networks can be a monumental task. As a result, companies either don't use WEP at

all or maintain the same keys for weeks, months, and even years. Both cases significantly heighten

the wireless LAN's vulnerability to eavesdroppers.

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