Securing Your Wireless Connection - Verizon HomeFusion Broadband User Manual

4 GUI: Wireless Settings
4.3.1

Securing Your Wireless Connection

Encryption types
The HBR supports the following encryption types:
 WEP:
The least safe encryption type used for wireless connections. WEP has been
proven to have security issues. Only use this encryption if your wireless device
does not support WPA2 or WPA.
 WPA - TKIP
The first version of WPA. Only choose this option if none of your wireless clients
support WPA2.
 WPA+WPA2:
This is a mixed mode. In this mode, WPA2 is the preferred encryption type but
wireless clients that do not support WPA2 can still use WPA as encryption type.
Choose this option if not all of your wireless clients support WPA2 or if you are
not sure. Wireless clients that support WPA2 will use WPA2. The others will use
WPA.
 WPA2 (default and
The most recent and most secure version of WPA. Choose this version if you are
sure that all your wireless clients support WPA2.
 None
If you want to configure WPA2 on the built-in wireless utility of Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (SP2), you first have to:
 Upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 3.
- or -
 Install the following update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021.
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this! We recommend that you use WPA2.
Changing the encryption type
1 On the Wireless Settings menu, click Advanced Security Settings.
2 Under Level 1, select the encryption type of your choice.
3 Enter the pre-shared key of your choice or use the default one.
4 Click Apply.
Changing the wireless key
1 On the Wireless Settings menu, click Advanced Security Settings.
2 Under Level 1, re-select the encryption type that you are currently using.
3 Enter the pre-shared key of your choice or use the default one.
4 Click Apply.
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allows you to use WEP or no security, we strongly advise against
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