coknuck Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 Which of these give the best protection? * None - no data encryption * WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy, use WEP 64- or 128-bit data encryption * WPA-PSK [TKIP] - Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key, use WPA-PSK standard encryption with TKIP encryption type * WPA2-PSK [AES] - Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared Key, use WPA2-PSK standard encryption with the AES encryption type * WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] - Allow clients using either WPA-PSK [TKIP] or WPA2-PSK [AES] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 I am using WPA2 with TKIP & AES on my Linksys router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted September 22, 2008 Author CID Share Posted September 22, 2008 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 22, 2008 CID Share Posted September 22, 2008 If there's no one in range of the router, then who need's security ? Besides , if someone really want's to get into your network , and knows what there doing, there gonna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted September 22, 2008 Author CID Share Posted September 22, 2008 Good point! Seeing as my nearest neighbor is 900 feet down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 22, 2008 CID Share Posted September 22, 2008 Good point! Seeing as my nearest neighbor is 900 feet down the road. Thats what i thought you said before, and thats what surprised me. But it can't hurt anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted September 22, 2008 CID Share Posted September 22, 2008 You are right if someone knows what they are doing they can get pass your security. I live in a Apt complex, so I have lots of people around me. I use it more to keep normal people from stealing my bandwidth and slowing down my internet connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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