Cisco WIRELESS ACCESS POINT WAP4410N - Manual (Page 12)

Planning Your Wireless Network
Protecting Your Network
WAP4410N Wireless-N Access Point with Power Over Internet Administration Guide 12
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- Use “Shared Key” authentication.
- Change your WEP key regularly.
• WPA/WPA2 Personal—The WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal methods
offer two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption
keys.
• WPA /WPA2 Enterprise—The WPA-Enterprise and WPA2-Enterprise
option requires that your network has a RADIUS server for authentication.
A network encrypted with WPA/WPA2 is more secure than a network
encrypted with WEP, because WPA/WPA2 uses dynamic key encryption.
To protect the information as it passes over the airwaves, you should enable
the highest protection level.
Implementing encryption may have a negative impact on your network’s
performance, but if you are transmitting sensitive data over your network,
encryption should be used.
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CAUTION Remember that each device in your wireless network must use the same
encryption method and encryption key or your wireless network will not function
properly