Ativa 802.11g Wireless Cable/DSL Product Manual - Page 47
Securing your Wi-Fi, Network, WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy, Bit WEP
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section Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface Securing your Wi-Fi® Network Here are a few different ways you can maximize the security of your 1 wireless network and protect your data from prying eyes and ears. This section is intended for the home, home office, and small office user. At the time of this User Manual's publication, there are three encryption 2 methods available. 3 Name 64-bit Wired 128-bit Wired Wi-Fi Protected Wi-Fi Protected Equivalent Equivalent Privacy Access-TKIP Access-AES Privacy 4 Acronym 64-bit WEP 128-bit WEP WPA-TKIP WPA-AES Security Good Better Best Best 5 Features Static keys Static keys Dynamic key Dynamic key encryption and mutual encryption and mutual 6 authentication authentication Encryption More secure TKIP (temporal AES (Advanced 7 keys based on than 64-bit key integrity Encryption RC4 algorithm WEP using a (typically key length of protocol) added Standard) so that keys does not 8 40-bit keys) 104 bits plus are rotated and cause any 24 additional encryption is throughput loss bits of system- strengthened 9 generated data 10 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 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 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. 45