WIRELESS NETWORK SECURITY DIFFERENT BETWEEN HOME AND ENTERPRISE WIRELESS GATEWAY AIMAN SYAFIQ BIN MD SANIN 3TSK1

DEFINITION OF WIRELESS GATEWAY A wireless gateway routes packet or data from a wireless LAN to another wired/wireless network(internet). A wireless gateway might be a combination of: a. router b. firewall c. Network Address Translator (NAT) d. NIDS/NIPS

HOME WIRELESS GATEWAY SPECIFICATION Speed - Speed - 450Mbps Selectable Dual band 2.4GHz or 5GHz Connection type - Selectable Dual band 2.4GHz or 5GHz IEEE n/g/a - IEEE n/g/a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) + WPS™ Security features - Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) + WPS™ Price range - $69.99 D-LINK Wireless N450 MediaBridge/Access Point

HOME WIRELESS GATEWAY SPECIFICATION Speed - Speed Mbps Connection type – Selectable Dual Band 5GHz and 2.4GHz - IEEE ac/n/a 5GHz - IEEE b/g/n 2.4GHz 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA-PSK2 encryptions Security features - 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA-PSK2 encryptions Price range - $ TP-LINK AC2600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router

ENTERPRISE WIRELESS GATEWAY SPECIFICATION Speed – Speed – 5.3Gbps Connection type – Simultaneous Tri-Band Wi-Fi IEEE ac/n/a IEEE b/g/n Customized free URL to set up personal FTP server Security features - Customized free URL to set up personal FTP server VPN support - secure remote access VPN support - secure remote access Guest network access—separate & secure Guest network access—separate & secure WiFi Protected Access® (WPA/WPA2—PSK) WiFi Protected Access® (WPA/WPA2—PSK) Double firewall protection (SPI and NAT) Double firewall protection (SPI and NAT) Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention Price - $ Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router

COMPARISON BETWEEN HOME AND ENTERPRISE WIRELESS GATEWAY Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router (Enterprice) TP-LINK AC2600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (Home) D-LINK Wireless N450 MediaBridge/Access Point (Home) Max Speed5.3Gbps Very high speeds 2533Mbps Medium speeds 450Mbps Medium speed Connection typeSimultaneous Tri-Band Wi-Fi 2.4GHz +5GHz + 5GHz IEEE ac/n/a IEEE b/g/n Selectable Dual Band 5GHz / 2.4GHz IEEE ac/n/a IEEE b/g/n Selectable Dual band 2.4GHz or 5GHz IEEE n/g/a SecurityBasic security + firewall + ids/ips Basic security(encryption) Price$ Expensive $ Medium $69.99 Economic

CONCLUSION What differentiate home and enterprise wireless gateway are the bandwidth, speed, physical and connection type, and security features. Enterprise gateway are very expensive but it is worth with the features, capability of usage and security features. While the home model gateway only suitable for home usage and limited number of user.

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