Mark Lanctot;272045 Wrote: 
> WPA/AES is a non-standard arrangement.  Use WPA/TKIP.  This is sometimes
> also called PSK (or perhaps in addition?)

In addition.  PSK is "pre-shared key" as opposed to using RADIUS for
authentication (which is more a pain in the butt to set up than is
worth it unless you have 100 laptops that move between networks...)

What most people mean by WPA or WPA2 is:
WPA/TKIP/PSK
or WPA2/AES/PSK

It is technically possible to use WPA/AES or WPA2/TKIP, both standards
list the other encryption method as optional, but in reality, very few
products support using the non-standard encryption.

> 
> Don't use WEP.

Very true.

WPA2 offers some theoretical protection over WPA, but so far the only
method of breaking WPA works just as well for WPA2 (ie, don't use
"password" or "LinkSys" as your key.. make up anything that is not a
dictionary word).  WEP is another matter entirely... run away from it
if you can... consider retiring WEP-only devices.


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