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The WPA password used may be 8 to 63 characters in
length. For increased security, however, the password
should be at least 20 characters long. Use numerals,
letters and special characters and combine capitals and
lower-case letters.
In FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN, encryption with WEP is the default
setting. It is advisable to change the preconfigured WLAN
settings as soon as possible. Changes to the settings can be
configured on the FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN user interface.
The encryption method you set in FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN must
also be supported by your WLAN adapter. To configure the
best security settings possible with FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN and
your WLAN adapter, please note the following recommenda-
tions:
Your WLAN adapter supports WPA2 (i.e., it supports the
802.11i standard):
Select the WPA mechanism and the AES encryption pro-
cedure.
Your WLAN adapter supports the WPA mechanism, but
not the WPA2 mechanism:
Select the WPA mechanism and the TKIP encryption
procedure.
Your WLAN adapter supports neither the WPA nor the
WPA2 mechanism:
Select the WEP mechanism and replace the WLAN net-
work key preconfigured in FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN with
your own key value.
We strongly recommend the use of a WLAN adapter that sup-
ports WPA or WPA2 (for instance, the FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick). WEP is out of date and data encrypted with WEP can
be deciphered within a few hours.
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050 – 6 WLAN: Wireless Local Area Networks
Security
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