@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9220,
	  title     = {Impact of Implementing VPN to Secure Wireless LAN},
	  author    = {H. Bourdoucen and  A. Al Naamany and  A. Al Kalbani},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Many corporations are seriously concerned about
security of networks and therefore, their network supervisors are still
reluctant to install WLANs. In this regards, the IEEE802.11i standard
was developed to address the security problems, even though the
mistrust of the wireless LAN technology is still existing. The thought
was that the best security solutions could be found in open standards
based technologies that can be delivered by Virtual Private
Networking (VPN) being used for long time without addressing any
security holes for the past few years. This work, addresses this issue
and presents a simulated wireless LAN of IEEE802.11g protocol, and
analyzes impact of integrating Virtual Private Network technology to
secure the flow of traffic between the client and the server within the
LAN, using OPNET WLAN utility. Two Wireless LAN scenarios
have been introduced and simulated. These are based on normal
extension to a wired network and VPN over extension to a wired
network. The results of the two scenarios are compared and indicate
the impact of improving performance, measured by response time
and load, of Virtual Private Network over wireless LAN.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering},
	  volume    = {3},
	  number    = {3},
	  year      = {2009},
	  pages     = {502 - 507},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9220},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/27},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 27, 2009},
	}