Belkin F5D7632EA4A Encryption/Security, Securing your Wi-Fi Network, Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP

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	128-Bit Wired	Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi
	Equivalent	Equivalent	Protected	Protected
	Privacy	Privacy	Access-TKIP	Access 2
Acronym	64-bit WEP	128-bit WEP	WPA-TKIP/	WPA2-AES
			AES (or just	(or just WPA2)
			WPA)
Security	Good	Better	Best	Best
Features	Static keys	Static keys	Dynamic key	Dynamic key
			encryption	encryption
			and mutual	and mutual
			authentication	authentication
	Encryption	More secure	TKIP	AES
	keys based	than 64-bit	(Temporal	(Advanced
	on RC4	WEP using	Key Integrity	Encryption
	algorithm	a key length	Protocol)	Standard)
	(typically 40-	of 104 bits	added so	does not
	bit keys)	plus 24	that keys are	cause any
		additional bits	rotated and	throughput
		of system-	encryption is	loss
		generated	strengthened
		data

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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