Belkin F6D3000 Securing your Wi-Fi Network, Encryption Methods, Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP

Using the Belkin Wireless Network Utility

Securing your Wi-Fi Network

Here are a few different ways to maximize the security of your wireless network and protect your data from unwanted intrusion. This section is intended for the home, home office, and small office user. At the time of publication, three encryption methods are available.

Encryption Methods:

Name	64-bit Wired	128-bit	Wi-Fi Protected	Wi-Fi Protected
	Equivalent Privacy	Encryption	Access	Access
Acronym	64-bit WEP	128-bit WEP	WPA-TKIP	WPA-AES
Security	Good	Better	Best	Best
Features	Static keys	Static keys	Dynamic key	Dynamic key
			encryption	encryption
			and mutual	and mutual
			authentication	authentication
	Encryption keys	Added security	TKIP (temporal	AES (Advanced
	based on RC4	over 64-bit	key integrity	Encryption
	algorithm (typically	WEP using a	protocol) added	Standard) does
	40-bit keys)	key length of	so that keys	not cause any
		104 bits, plus	are rotated and	throughput loss
		24 additional	encryption is
		bits of system-	strengthened
		generated data

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

WEP is a common protocol that adds security to all Wi-Fi-compliant wireless products. WEP gives wireless networks the equivalent level of privacy protection as a comparable wired network.

164-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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