WPA & WPA2 help?

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I have a Netgear DGND3300, looking for good security encryption, if it would be possible could you describe WPA and WPA2 and which security setting would be best, im a bit new to all this wireless stuff.

Cheers for any help given Dave
 
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Put simply, WPA2-AES is the best of the bunch and is uber strong. Use that with a strong passphrase and you will be fine.

What to avoid: WPA-TKIP, WEP, weak passwords.

Need any more info on them? Im not familiar with the exact options the DGND3300 offers.
 
WPA2 isnt support by some older devices. Many netgear devices suppot WPA + WPA2. Which means if your device wont support WPA2 it uses WPA. WPA is also easier to use as you just enter a keyword, wep is a lot harder to work with.

WEP should be avoided at all costs, its not as secure anymore and is very old.
 
What's wrong with WPA-TKIP? I thought it was pretty secure, it's what I use anyway as some devices I have don't support WPA2 yet.
 
What's wrong with WPA-TKIP? I thought it was pretty secure, it's what I use anyway as some devices I have don't support WPA2 yet.

It's broken, a 2008 attack will let at attacker break it in about 1 minutes work.

I suppose if you don't have WPA2 support or WPA-AES you're a bit stuck though :(
 
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remeber guys this is a home network where WPA will be perfectly fine. For a corporate network I would insist in using WPA2. A hacker will not want to spend time hacking a home network.
 
remeber guys this is a home network where WPA will be perfectly fine. For a corporate network I would insist in using WPA2. A hacker will not want to spend time hacking a home network.

If you're using insecure and easily broken encryption then anyone tech savvy near you might as well break it just to use your internet connection if nothing else.
 
This is what I have available.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)
WPA2-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 with Pre-Shared Key)
Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK
WPA-802.1x
 
Sorry to drag this one back up, but I was having problems with my laptop connecting wirelessly to my home network (it would say connected but not function basically). It was using WEP previously. I did a hard reset of the router and it had the typical options...I selected WPA-PSK as I wasn't sure if my network cards, smart phones etc. support WPA2...how likely is it that your average typical home networked hardware supports WPA2-PSK?

Which is more secure out of WPA and WPA-PSK?

Is WPA-PSK only as secure as the passphrase you choose, in which case what's the point of the key?
 
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