Best Practices

Administrators managing wireless networks should follow these best practice guidelines:

• Use the strongest wireless protection technology/protocol possible (WPA2, 801.x, and so on).

• If WPA/WPA2 Personal is used, the shared network key should be long and complex.

• Change the default administrator password on the access point, and make the new password longer than nine characters.

• Keep wireless client software and wireless drivers patched and up-to-date.

• Consider the potential "leak" of wireless network transmissions when designing wireless networks.