Belkin Pre-N manual Encryption/Security, Securing your Wi-Fi Network, WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

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 Protected	Wi-Fi Protected
	Equivalent	Equivalent	Access-TKIP	Access
	Privacy	Privacy
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	More secure	TKIP (temporal	AES (Advanced
	keys based	than 64-bit	key integrity	Encryption
	on RC4	WEP using a	protocol)	Standard) does
	algorithm	key length of	added so	not cause any
	(typically	104 bits plus	that keys are	throughput
	40-bit keys)	24 additional	rotated and	loss.
		bits of system	encryption is
		generated	strengthened.
		data.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

WEP is a common protocol that adds security to all Wi-Fi-compliant wireless products. 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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