Motorola WS5100 - Wireless Switch - Security Appliance White Paper
A manager’s guide to wireless hotspots — how to take advantage of them while protecting the security of your corporate network
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- Page 1 WHITE PAPER A Manager’s Guide To Wireless Hotspots — How To Take Advantage Of Them While Protecting The Security Of Your Corporate Network...
- Page 2 This paper discusses the security risks inherent in public Wi-Fi Internet access and the best ways to mitigate these risks. It also discusses the benefi ts of hosting a corporate hotspot of your own. Basic rules for business travelers Introduction who want to use hotspots: In urban environments, wireless Internet access is an easy fi...
- Page 3 2. Turn off fi le sharing, too. Again, Microsoft 5. Run a fi rewall. With a wireless hotspot, a Windows is a friendly program. It’s set by group of strangers are sharing the same IP default to enable its users to share fi les with subnet Odds are that most of these strangers strangers.
- Page 4 Adhering to rules track of them with an intrusion protection system. 1-4 should help lessen this chance. Motorola’s Wireless Intrusion Protection System (Wireless IPS) is a server software sentry that 9. Turn off the radio when you don’t need it.
- Page 5 SSIDs and multiple VLANs. devices, and ad hoc networks that may have made an automatic connection to an employee’s computer. Motorola provides the ability to make a guest The software also detects wrong confi gurations network look and feel like a commercial hotspot.
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