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Top 10 advice for industrial Ethernet no comment   alun williams   3rd September 2012 A checklist of 10 important things to remember about industrial Ethernet from Jerry O’Gorman, general manager of B&B Electronics Europe 1.  Security issues can bring down your network A Wi-Fi-enabled computer can connect to multiple networks at the same time.  Your employees can give a hacker a pathway into your internal network simply by powering up a laptop.  Imagine the mess an eco-terrorist could make if he didn’t like the look of your smokestack.  Even your well-intentioned employees can bring a network down, simply by blundering around in areas they shouldn’t.  Don’t take chances with network security. Most wireless systems employ industry-standard WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). A hacker can get around it within a few hours.  Look into more powerful standards like Extensible Authentication Protocol and Tunneled Extensible Authenticat...