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Title: Setting up secure network?
Post by: jmy2469 on December 15, 2010, 05:37:19 PM

What is the best security setup to use? WEP or WPA?
this is all new to me. Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: Setting up secure network?
Post by: Hard Harry on December 15, 2010, 06:11:25 PM

Define best? Most secure: WPA2 with AES. Technically WPA Enterprise but that is very very complex.
If you have a mixture of old and new PC's on your network, then WPA/WPA2 with AES/TKIP security is the way to go. Anything above XP SP2 should be able to connect and still allow the option for the more secure AES. You don't have to know what any of that means though, just try WPA2 with AES and if that doesn't work, report back. Good luck.

Title: Re: Setting up secure network?
Post by: vlj9r on December 26, 2010, 05:01:50 AM

Use WPA or better yet WPA2 with AES if your wireless devices support it.  WEP is relatively easy to crack but you may have to use it if your wireless devices do not support it.(ie Nintendo DS lite).

Good Luck!