Securing Your Wi-Fi Network - Belkin F5D7050 User Manual

Securing your Wi-Fi
Here are a few different ways to maximize the security of your wireless
network and protect your data from unwanted intrusions. This section is
intended for the home, home office, and small office user. At the time of
publication, three encryption methods are available.
Encryption Methods:
Name 64-bit Wired
Equivalent Privacy
Acronym 64-bit WEP
Security Good
Features Static keys
Encryption keys
based on RC4
algorithm (typically
40-bit keys)
Securing your Wireless Network
Most wireless products ship with security turned off. This means that
once you have your network working, you may need to activate WEP
or WPA and make sure all your wireless devices are sharing the same
network key.
Network
®
128-bit Wi-Fi
Encryption Protected
Access
128-bit WPA-TKIP
Better Best
Static keys Dynamic key
encryption
and mutual
authentication
Added security TKIP (temporal
over 64-bit key integrity
WEP using a protocol)
key length of added so
104 bits, plus that keys are
24 additional rotated and
bits of system- encryption is
generated data strengthened
25 25
Wi-Fi
Protected
Access
WPA-AES
Best
Dynamic key
encryption
and mutual
authentication
AES
(Advanced
Encryption
Standard)
does not
cause any
throughput
loss.
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