Wireless crackdown


Contents
Introduction
 AirDefense v AirMagnet
 AirDefense v AirMagnet 2
 AirDefense v AirMagnet 3
 Comparison table
 Bluesocket WG-1100
 SonicWall Pro 5060
 Specifications
 Editor's choice
 About RMIT
Bluesocket WG-1100
The WG-1100 is a wireless gateway "appliance" that comes in a 1U rack mount form factor. In effect, the WG-1100 sits between your relatively insecure WLAN and wired LAN and acts as a policeman so even if your WLAN is compromised the WG-1100 the wired side remains secure.

The appliance is in fact a small form factor PC motherboard, power supply and 20GB hard drive slotted into a 1RU case. The processing in the unit supplied to the Lab is via a 1GHz PIII and 256MB of memory.

The unit secures the wired LAN by only allowing correctly authenticated and encrypted clients from one side to the other.

The WG-1100 is the baby of the range with 10/100 Ethernet ports, two primary ports and a single failover, that have a maximum throughput speed of 30Mbps when using 3DES encryption. A wide range of encryption is supported including PPTE (40 and 128 bit), SSL and there is IPSec client support for Windows, SSH, Mac OS 10.2, PGPNet, and Funk AdmitOne to name a few.

Authentication methods are equally wide ranging with RADIUS, LDAP, Windows Domain, Secure Tokens, Local DB, Windows Active Directory, MAC Address, 802.1x, and WPA Transparent Login. The WG-1100 has very good user and policy management so that users can be defined by role, allowed locations and times and you can define what types of application traffic users can send or receive and even how much bandwidth users are allocated. As an example visitors may only be allocated a maximum bandwidth of 128Kbps and only allowed to connect while located in the visitors lounge with very restricted application traffic types allowed. Roaming policies can be defined for users and they can seamlessly roam across subnets, if their clearance allows, while using IPSec tunnelling.

The device is AP and wireless device agnostic and so it will work seamlessly in a multi-vendor AP environment. Also, PDAs, tablet PCs, and VOIP wireless handsets are no problem. Management is via a secure Web page and SNMP manageability is supported however management does not extend to the APs.

If you want to provide wireless connectivity to your wired infrastructure with the minimum amount of hassle then the BlueSocket WG-1100 is a secure option that is worth a look.

Product Bluesocket WG-1100
 
Interoperability
Supports a wide range of encryption and authentication methods.
Futureproofing ½
Connectivity is modest with 10/100 Ethernet and a maximum throughput of 30Mbps using 3DES encryption.
ROI
Provides good protection between the wired and wireless domains at a reasonable price.
Service
Support in Australia should be handled through your Bluesocket accredited partner. They have the capabilities to contact Bluesocket USA 24x7 to get support. Bluesocket offers a range of support services from e-mail and telephone support, right through to a 24x7 support offering and on-site engineers.
Rating ½
Bluesocket WG-1100

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