Summary
Setting up a home gateway requires more then just following basic security steps. Of course, you will want to take basic security measures such as disabling SSID broadcasts, enabling MAC filtering, turning on WEP, or using WPA (if available). However, deploying a useful home network requires management functionality that is simply not available in the 802.11 protocol. This requires using management tools such as LEAF Bering, Sputnik, or ReefEdge Dolphin.
All three of these options are based on customized Linux distributions. Bering is an open Linux distribution with lots of flexibility that lets you customize a variety of settings. Sputnik gives you a shell, but does not have flexible configurations. Dolphin is the least flexible and ...
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