Belkin F5D9000 Wireless Protected Access WPA is the new standard, WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

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 router’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:

Using the Belkin Wireless Networking Utility

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 on	over 64-bit	Key Integrity	(Advanced
	RC4 algorithm	WEP using a	Protocol) added	Encryption
	(typically 40-bit	key length of	so that keys	Standard)
	keys)	104 bits, plus	are rotated and	does not
		24 additional	encryption is	cause any
		bits of system-	strengthened	throughput
		generated data		loss

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

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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