Configure Your Home Wireless Network Type

Posted on May 1st, 2007 in Security.

You should configure your wireless network and any wireless network devices for infrastructure mode only.Two types of wireless networks are available for set up: infrastructure and ad hoc.

In an infrastructure mode network, a router or access point is required, and all of the devices communicate with the network and with each other through that central point.

An ad hoc network, on the other hand, allows each device to connect to each other in an “ad hoc” fashion (hence the name). Since you are going through all of this effort to make your router or access point more secure, you also need to make sure that the wireless devices on your network are not configured for ad hoc mode and might be providing another means for rogue wireless devices to gain unauthorized access to your network.

By accessing the Properties for your wireless connection, you can click the Advanced button at the bottom of the Wireless Networks tab to configure whether your wireless adapter will connect to infrastructure, ad hoc, or both wireless network types.


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