Using the Belkin Wireless Networking Utility

Wireless Protected Access (WPA) is the new standard in

the wireless security. However, not all wireless cards and adapters support this technology. Please check your wireless adapter’s user manual to check if it supports WPA. Instead of a hex key, WPA uses only passphrases, which are much easier to remember.

The following section, intended for the home, home office, and small office user, presents a few different ways to maximize the security of your wireless network.

At the time of publication, four Encryption Methods are available: Encryption Methods:

Name

64-Bit Wired

128-Bit

Wi-Fi Protected

Wi-Fi

 

Equivalent

Encryption

Access

Protected

 

Privacy

 

 

Access 2

 

 

 

 

 

Acronym

64-bit WEP

128-bit

WPA-TKIP/AES

WPA2-AES

 

 

 

 

 

Security

Good

Better

Best

Best

 

 

 

 

 

Features

Static keys

Static keys

Dynamic key

Dynamic key

 

 

 

encryption

encryption

 

 

 

and mutual

and mutual

 

 

 

authentication

authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

Encryption

Added security

TKIP (Temporal

AES

 

keys based

over 64-bit

Key Integrity

(Advanced

 

on RC4

WEP using a

Protocol) added

Encryption

 

algorithm

key length of

so that keys

Standard)

 

(typically

104 bits, plus

are rotated and

does not

 

40-bit keys)

24 additional

encryption is

cause any

 

 

bits of system-

strengthened

throughput

 

 

generated data

 

loss

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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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Belkin F5D8013EA user manual Wireless Protected Access WPA is the new standard, Bit WEP