Wireless today has become a accepted interface in every laptop and in most cases it connects automatically to the nearest way Point it discovers. Most organizations contribute unsecured Wireless connectivity to social networks like the internet for their guests straight through local Wireless way Points that works in stand alone mode and disconnected thoroughly from club Lan. However, when a firm worker is using his laptop for connecting to the club Lan the WiFi adapter of the laptop will automatically try to connect to the nearest wireless way point.
In most cases the nearest wireless way Point that the worker laptop will discover will be the club unsecured wireless network. Now, the worker laptop will become the excellent bridge association to the club Lan for any possible intruder from the internet or from the local unsecured wireless network. Because of the double association the worker laptop will consume double network resources and the worker can suffer from unstable network connectivity.
Wireless Network Bridge
The above scenario is becoming a day by day issue as wireless networks become coarse accepted in every laptop. Lan-Secure Wireless Protector software is the excellent solution to deal with the club wireless administration and security. The software will automatically disable WiFi adapters on computers that associated to the firm network with Lan cable and re-enable WiFi when the Lan cable is disconnected from the computer.
How does it work?
Wireless Protector Software is installed on windows club platform and all club laptops need to be added to the protected computers list. The software will scan all protected laptops and using the network administrator username and password will generate a assistance in each remote laptop. The assistance that installed on the remote laptops will try to divulge with Wireless Protector Software that installed on the club Lan each time there is a change in the connectivity status of its network adapters. Upon receiving confirmation from the software the remote laptop will automatically disable the WiFi adapter if the laptop Lan cable is associated to the club network and re-enable it back when the Lan cable is plugged out from the laptop. Wireless Protector Software will verify that the safety assistance is running on the remote laptops of the club and get safety events and WiFi activation status for each laptop.
How does it protect the organization?
A remote computer WiFi will be disabled only when receiving confirmation from Wireless Protector Software that installed on the club Lan. That mechanism will assure that protected laptops WiFi adapter will be disabled only when it associated to the club Lan and not in any place exterior the organization. When associated to the club Lan remote protected laptops will disable their WiFi adapter and the remote user will receive declaration message about it. Trying to by passing this mechanism manually by the remote user will fail while the remote laptop is associated to the club Lan. The software will fill in the administrator about the safety status of each remote laptop and get WiFi disabling events from the protected laptops. The software will assure that the club Lan will be protected from unsecured wireless connections and from double network connections.
Conclusion
Wireless networks are still the most convenient way for fast and easy communication while WiFi adapters became a accepted in every laptop. However, keeping wireless networks accessible to social networks leave them unsecured and vulnerable to possible intruder's attacks. Wireless Protector Software will protect the club Lan from wireless networks vulnerabilities and still enable to use wireless communication freely and safely.
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