WAP at work

[trauts14]

At work our network is hardwired since we process credit card transactions. Is there a safe way to install a wireless access point on the network without possibly compromising the security of our network/ credit card info?

We do not "need" wifi, but I would like having a wireless computer for email etc. I do not want to risk anybody attempting to exploit a wireless connection to gain our customers info.

would mac address filtering allow just myself to use wifi? Thanks for the help.

 

[teknojnky]

mac address filtering is not secure, as the mac can be spoofed.

I think wpa2 is currently considered the most secure, but in any case you should probably want to run the wireless isolated from your PoS lan.

Most current gateway/routers have a feature called client/guest isolation or something similar, which effectively keeps wireless clients from snooping the LAN traffic.

Still, I don't know if that would be considered completely secure, or secure enough (or not).

 

[stevech]

At work our network is hardwired since we process credit card transactions. Is there a safe way to install a wireless access point on the network without possibly compromising the security of our network/ credit card info?

We do not "need" wifi, but I would like having a wireless computer for email etc. I do not want to risk anybody attempting to exploit a wireless connection to gain our customers info.

would mac address filtering allow just myself to use wifi? Thanks for the help.

get a wired router/firewall that allows connected WiFi access points to route only to the Internet and/or your in-house email server. And VLAN that.

Foolish to do credit card processing on the same physical ethernet wiring as Internet and email. Too easy to make an IT mistake.