Chris H Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Have always set my encryption on my router to WEP cos it works. But with the state of wifi connectivity on linux today should I be looking at something else? My router has the option of: None WEP WPA-PSK [TKIP] WPA2-PSK [AES] WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] Any I should be looking at? Ta [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orts Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) On my XyZEL router I have WPA2-PSK, I don't know which encryption TKIP or AES because it doesn't give the choise. On my D-Link I have WPA-PSK with TKIP and I don't have any trouble with connection an any of them. Edited January 3, 2009 by orts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 For the home user wpa-psk[tkip] is perfectly adequate if your wifi cards support it it is a breeze to set up. You will of course need wpa_supplicant installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I have a mixture of both modes, then I can either use WPA-PSK or WPA-PSK2 depending on what the card supports. My new laptop will do both, whereas the older laptop will only do WPA-PSK. WPA-PSK is TKIP and WPA-PSK2 is AES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 You should definitely use at least WPA. WEP is so easily breakable at this point that it's virtually indistinguishable from running no encryption at all; you can download point-and-click GUI tools for Windows and OS X that will break into any WEP network in about 20 seconds. Using WPA-PSK is just as easy as using WEP, it works pretty much the same as far as you the user is concerned: you just set a key on the router and set the same key on all the clients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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