Belkin F5D7231-4P User Manual - Page 63

Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface section Securing your Wi-Fi® Network 1 Here are a few different ways you can maximize the security of your wireless network and protect your data from prying eyes and 2 ears. This section is intended for the home, home office, and small office user. At the time of this manual's publication, there are three encryption methods available. 3 4 Name 64-bit Wired 128-bit Wired Wi-Fi Protected With Protected Equivalent Equivalent Access-TKIP Access Privacy Privacy 5 Acronym 64-bit WEP 128-bit WEP WPA-TKIP WPA-AES Security Good Better Best Best 6 Features Static keys Static keys Dynamic key Dynamic key encryption encryption 7 and mutual and mutual authentication. authentication. 8 Encryption More secure TKIP (temporal AES (Advanced keys based than 64-bit key integrity Encryption on RC4 algorithm WEP using a key length of protocol) added so Standard) does not cause any 9 (typically 104 bits plus that keys are throughput 40-bit keys) 24 additional rotated and bits of system encryption is loss. 10 generated strengthened. data. 11 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 12 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common protocol that adds security to all Wi-Fi-compliant wireless products. WEP was designed to give wireless networks the equivalent level of privacy protection as 13 a comparable wired network. 64-Bit WEP 64-bit WEP was first introduced with 64-bit encryption, which includes a key length of 40 bits plus 24 additional bits of system-generated data (64 bits total). Some hardware manufacturers refer to 64-bit as 40-bit encryption. Shortly after the technology was introduced, researchers found that 64-bit encryption was too easy to decode. 61