Chapter 4
Wireless
4.2Securing Your Wireless Connection
Introduction
By using encryption, communication between the wireless clients and your Thomson Gateway is protected by a passphrase. Only clients which use the correct network name (SSID) and passphrase can connect to your network.
Encryption methods
During the years a number of encryption types have been developed. The list below gives you an overview of the supported encryption types ordered by security level, you will find the highest level of security at the top of the list:
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The wireless data is being encrypted with a
>WEP Encryption:
The first encryption type used for wireless connections. Like
WPA-PSK versions
The Thomson Gateway supports the following
>WPA2 (also referred to as
WPA2 is the most secure version, but not all wireless clients already support it. Before you select this version, make sure all of your wireless clients support it.
>WPA+WPA2:
If not all of your wireless clients support WPA2 or you are not sure if they support WPA2, we recommend you to choose WPA+WPA2. Wireless clients that support WPA2 will use WPA2, the others will use WPA.
>WPA:
If none of your wireless clients support WPA2 choose this option.
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To use WPA2 on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)you first have to install
You can find the WPS IE update on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021.
Which encryption method should I use?
We strongly recommend you to use the highest level of encryption that is supported by all your wireless clients.
Configuring the wireless encryption
Proceed as follows:
1Open the Thomson Gateway Web Interface.
2On the left menu, click Home Network.
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