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RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Modem Router DGND3300 User Manual
Safeguarding Your Network 2-4
v1.0, January 2010
There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network:
• WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP Shared
Key authentication and WEP data encryption block all but the most determined eavesdropper.
This data encryption mode has been superseded by WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK.
• WPA-PSK (TKIP), WPA2-PSK (AES). Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) using a pre-shared
key to perform authentication and generate the initial data encryption keys. The very strong
authentication along with dynamic per frame re-keying of WPA makes it virtually impossible
to compromise.
For more information about wireless technology, see the link to the online document in “Wireless
Networking Basics” in Appendix C.
Figure 2-1
Wireless data
1) Open system: easy but no security.
2) WEP: security, but some performance impact.
3) WPA-PSK: strong security.
4) WPA2-PSK: very strong security.