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Manually Configuring your Router

Encryption/Security

Securing your Wi-Fi Network

Here are a few different ways you can maximize the security of your wireless

network and protect your data from prying eyes and ears. This section is intended

for the home, home-office, and small-office user. At the time of this User Manual’s

publication, there are four encryption methods available.

Name 64-Bit Wired

Equivalent

Privacy

128-Bit Wired

Equivalent

Privacy

Wi-Fi

Protected

Access-TKIP

Wi-Fi

Protected

Access 2

Acronym 64-bit WEP 128-bit WEP WPA-TKIP/

AES (or just

WPA)

WPA2-AES

(or just WPA2)

Security Good Better Best Best

Features Static keys Static keys Dynamic key

encryption

and mutual

authentication

Dynamic key

encryption

and mutual

authentication

Encryption

keys based

on RC4

algorithm

(typically 40-

bit keys)

More secure

than 64-bit

WEP using

a key length

of 104 bits

plus 24

additional bits

of system-

generated

data

TKIP

(Temporal

Key Integrity

Protocol)

added so

that keys are

rotated and

encryption is

strengthened

AES

(Advanced

Encryption

Standard)

does not

cause any

throughput

loss

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

WEP is a common protocol that adds security to all wireless products that are

compliant with Wi-Fi. WEP was designed to give wireless networks the equivalent

level of privacy protection as a comparable wired network.

64-Bit WEP

64-bit WEP was first introduced with 64-bit encryption, which includes a key length

of 40 bits plus 24 additional bits of system-generated data (64 bits total). Some

hardware manufacturers refer to 64-bit as 40-bit encryption. Shortly after the

technology was introduced, researchers found that 64-bit encryption was too easy

to decode.

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