Best wireless security

hank · 11 May 2006 at 13:35

whats the best wireless security to use been using wep 128 bit for a few years but heard wap is better these are choices i got

wep
wpa aes
wpa tkip
wpa2 aes
wpa2 tkip aes

and what is radius looks similar wep many thanks for any help

tolien · 11 May 2006 at 13:47

WPA2's stronger than WPA's stronger than WEP, and AES is stronger than TKIP (though both are only as good as the passphrase you use).
As for RADIUS, google is your friend. Needs a RADIUS server, and is probably more complicated than you'd ever need.

hank · 11 May 2006 at 13:52

many thanks mate

hank · 11 May 2006 at 13:54

is it best to use wpa2 with tkip + aes

hank · 11 May 2006 at 15:26

well set it up using wpa and aes and internet seems a lot faster than when i was using wep many thanks

GuruJockStrap · 11 May 2006 at 16:26

WEP encryption is software based where WPA and WPA2 are done in hardware, so thats why it probably feels faster.

Make sure you create a nice, strong and long key!

You should be aiming for a 63 characters/504 bits key like this:

h#myKS01taSUj+wbz1\R&K5C,S6riyrEpS3/vB/emS-KPvwDvrer2j%/2-qjxWx

crashuk · 11 May 2006 at 23:13

GuruJockStrap said:
WEP encryption is software based where WPA and WPA2 are done in hardware, so thats why it probably feels faster.

Make sure you create a nice, strong and long key!

You should be aiming for a 63 characters/504 bits key like this:

h#myKS01taSUj+wbz1\R&K5C,S6riyrEpS3/vB/emS-KPvwDvrer2j%/2-qjxWx

and mac lockdown together

Curiosityx · 12 May 2006 at 13:57

RADIUS stands for Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service. In simple terms it handles authentication requests on behalf of another device or service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS

WPA combined with Radius in a SOHO environment would be overkill, personally 128Bit WEP is more than good enough for your needs.

Burbleflop · 12 May 2006 at 14:15

crashuk said:
and mac lockdown together

Why bother? Getting around MAC authentication is trivial so that isn't going to stop someone who had already got around WPA. Plus it can be a pain when it comes to administration if you want other people to use your network.

mrk · 28 Feb 2008 at 14:41

WPA and AES is what I'm using and have little issue

rooks · 28 Feb 2008 at 15:36

mac filtering is also a good thing to have.

WotDa · 28 Feb 2008 at 15:46

rooks said:
mac filtering is also a good thing to have.

Burbleflop said:
Why bother? Getting around MAC authentication is trivial so that isn't going to stop someone who had already got around WPA. Plus it can be a pain when it comes to administration if you want other people to use your network.

mynsa · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:07

rooks said:
mac filtering is also a good thing to have.

sweeping statement - care to explain further?

C4EVA · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:24

Don't use WEP as people like me (wardriving) can hack it pretty damn quickly even if their is no traffic (We can force the router to generate packets)
WPA is fine however.

richieboy · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:45

I'm not going to pretend to be helpful but this needs to be said.

Cabling tbh.

mrk · 28 Feb 2008 at 17:20

richieboy said:
I'm not going to pretend to be helpful but this needs to be said.

Cabling tbh.

Cables are so.....perverse!

richieboy · 28 Feb 2008 at 17:26

mrk said:
Cables are so.....perverse!

Fooooooool!