NETGEAR WNR3500 user manual Wireless Security Options, Security Type Description None

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual

•Use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically set the SSID and implement WPA/ WPA2 security on both the router and the client device. If the clients in your network are WPS capable, you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically set the SSID and implement WPA/WPA2 security on both the router and the client device (see “Using Push 'N' Connect (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)” on page 2-14).

Basic security options are listed in order of increasing effectiveness in Table 2-1. Other features that affect security are listed in Table 2-2 on page 2-4. For more details on wireless security methods, click the link to the online document “Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B.

Table 2-1. Wireless Security Options

Security Type	Description
None.	No wireless security. Recommended only for
	troubleshooting wireless connectivity. Do not run an
	unsecured wireless network unless it is your
	intention to provide free Internet access for the
	public.
WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy.	Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption
	provides moderate data security. WEP Shared Key
	authentication and WEP data encryption can be
	defeated by a determined eavesdropper using
	publicly available tools.
	For more information, see “Configuring WEP
	Wireless Security” on page 2-9.
WPA-PSK (TKIP). WPA-PSK standard encryption	Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key (WPA-
with TKIP encryption type.	PSK and WPA2-PSK) data encryption provides
WPA2-PSK (AES). Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2	extremely strong data security, very effectively
	blocking eavesdropping. Because WPA and WPA2
with Pre-Shared Key; WPA2-PSK standard	are relatively new standards, older wireless adapters
encryption with the AES encryption type.	and devices might not support them.
WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-PSK (AES). Mixed mode.	For more information, see “Configuring WPA-PSK
	and WPA2-PSK Wireless Security” on page 2-10.

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v1.0, March 2008