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Security Precautions

SincewirelessLANusesradiowavestotransmitsignals,tightersecurity

precautionsarenecessarythanwhenusingaLANcable.

WhenusingwirelessLAN,keepthefollowingpointsinmind.

• Onlyusenetworksyouareauthorizedtouse.

ThisproductsearchesforwirelessLANnetworksinthevicinityand

displaystheresultsonthescreen.Networksyouarenotauthorizedto

use(unknownnetworks)mayalsobedisplayed.However,connectingto

orattemptingtousethosenetworkscouldberegardedasunauthorized

access.Besuretouseonlynetworksyouareauthorizedtouse,anddo

notattempttoconnecttootherunknownnetworks.

Ifsecuritysettingshavenotbeenproperlyset,thefollowingproblemsmay

occur.

• Transmissionmonitoring

ThirdpartieswithmaliciousintentmaymonitorwirelessLAN

transmissionsandattempttoacquirethedatayouaresending.

• Unauthorizednetworkaccess

Thirdpartieswithmaliciousintentmaygainunauthorizedaccessto

thenetworkyouareusingandsteal,modify,ordestroyinformation.

Additionally,youcouldfallvictimtoothertypesofunauthorizedaccess

suchasimpersonation(wheresomeoneassumesanidentitytogain

accesstounauthorizedinformation)andspringboardattacks(where

someonegainsunauthorizedaccesstoyournetworkasaspringboardto

covertheirtrackswheninltratingothersystems).

Topreventthesetypesofproblemsfromoccurring,besuretothoroughly

secureyourwirelessLANnetwork.

BesuretousethewirelessLANfunctionofthiscamerawithaproper

understandingofwirelessLANsecurity,andbalanceriskandconvenience

whenadjustingsecuritysettings.

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