Describe the biggest problems with wireless networking devices in terms of security.

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One of the biggest problems with wireless networking devices is that right out of the box they provide no security. An administrator needs to use a number of techniques to make a wireless network secure, to harden it from malicious things and people. Wireless security is network hardening. An administrator also needs to consider that the network's data frames float through the air on radio waves instead of zipping safely along wrapped up inside network cabling. There is nothing to stop an unscrupulous network technician with the right equipment from grabbing those frames out of the air and reading that data.
 

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