Cisco Small Business WAP44 Administration Manual page 12

Planning Your Wireless Network
Protecting Your Network
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CAUTION
WAP4410N Wireless-N Access Point with Power Over Internet Administration Guide
- Use "Shared Key" authentication.
- Change your WEP key regularly.
• WPA/WPA2 Personal—The WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal methods
offer two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption
keys.
• WPA /WPA2 Enterprise—The WPA-Enterprise and WPA2-Enterprise
option requires that your network has a RADIUS server for authentication.
A network encrypted with WPA/WPA2 is more secure than a network
encrypted with WEP, because WPA/WPA2 uses dynamic key encryption.
To protect the information as it passes over the airwaves, you should enable
the highest protection level.
Implementing encryption may have a negative impact on your network's
performance, but if you are transmitting sensitive data over your network,
encryption should be used.
Remember that each device in your wireless network must use the same
encryption method and encryption key or your wireless network will not function
properly
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