The WEP setting is the oldest, weakest security standard and is nearly depreciated and shouldn't be used. The WPA/Enterprise setting needs to have a second device such as a server to deal with usernames and passwords which isn't suitable for most home situations.
With those two out of the picture you are left with WPA2, WPA or auto - which will try to use WPA2 if compatible and fall back to WPA1 if it feels it needs to. I'd recommend setting it manually to be WPA2, and if all your computers connect fine then leave it at that. Most modern laptops and phones should be fine. If the random disconnects occur no matter which you choose then the problem must be somewhere else, nearby radio interference of some kind maybe? On 14 September 2012 08:33, Andrew Tett <[email protected]> wrote: > We have been with WM for a few years now for Internet Access only. It has > been a mixed bag so far, and when I 'phoned up threatening to leave over > what I consider to be a generally less-than-reliable service I was offered > an upgrade to 30Mb broadband at less money than we have been paying for our > existing service! > > Along with this came a new modem, a so-callled Netgear "Super Hub" > VMDG480. It seems to be proving a rather temperamental modem though in > regard to the WiFi connection. It uses WPA-2 security, and my feeling is > this is the issue. The odd thing is that at times of the day any of our > WiFi connected computers, both PC and Mac, will suddenly show as > disconnected. Then trying a re-connect sometimes works and then sometimes > not. We have not had this issue with our previous routers. Re-setting the > router is a common occurance now and that seems to usually make things come > good. > > There are other settings in the router software - currently set to > WPA-Auto, I could choose WPA2-PSK[AES], WPA-PSK[TKIP], WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, > or WEP. There is also something about a WPS Pin setting. I'm afraid that > I know nothing about the details about these but if one of them would be > more reliable and work with all our computers it might be worth > investigating? > > Sorry about the ignorance. I have learned what I know about computers > only through trial and error and this forum! Thank you for all your input! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
