16. Wireless Security Options

• For best security/performance, set your security option to WPA2-PSK!

• The following options are available:

  • None -- no data encryption

  • WEP -- Wired Equivalent Privacy, using WEP 64- or 128-bit data encryption.

    • Note: Wi-Fi Protected Setup function is disabled when the security setting is WEP with Auto/Shared-Key authentication.

  • WPA-PSK [TKIP] -- Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key using WPA-PSK standard encryption with TKIP encryption type.

    • TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is a 128-bit per-packet key which dynamically generates a new key for each data packet.

  • WPA2-PSK [AES] -- Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared Key using WPA2-PSK standard encryption with the AES encryption type.

  • WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] -- allow clients to use either

    • WPA-PSK [TKIP], or

    • WPA2-PSK [AES].

• See also WPA-PSK Step-by-Step Tutorial from wi-fiplanet.com.