All Wi-Fi Certified wireless LAN products are shipped in “open-access” mode, with their security features turned off. While open access or no security may be appropriate and acceptable for public hot spots such as coffee shops, college campuses, and maybe airports, it’s definitely not an option for an enterprise organization, and likely not even adequate for your private home network.
Security needs to be enabled on wireless devices during their installation in enterprise environments. It may come as quite a shock, but some companies actually don’t enable any WLAN security features. Obviously, the companies that do this are exposing their networks to tremendous risk!
The reason that the products are shipped with open access is so that any person who knows absolutely nothing about computers can just buy an access point, plug it into their cable or DSL modem, and voilà—they’re up and running. It’s marketing, plain and simple, and simplicity sells.
Security needs to be enabled on wireless devices during their installation in enterprise environments. It may come as quite a shock, but some companies actually don’t enable any WLAN security features. Obviously, the companies that do this are exposing their networks to tremendous risk!
The reason that the products are shipped with open access is so that any person who knows absolutely nothing about computers can just buy an access point, plug it into their cable or DSL modem, and voilà—they’re up and running. It’s marketing, plain and simple, and simplicity sells.
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