WEP or WPA security

D-Link DI-624 offers either mode. The WEP mode is easier to understand and relatively painless for setting up under 64-bit passwords. Do 128-bit passwords offer a much greater level of security? (The network is home based, in a small town.)
Should I consider the WPA mode? How much more difficult is the utilization of WPA mode?
Thanks.

I don't know about the setup process with a D-Link wireless router but the following was copied from AirPort for Mac OS X 10.3 or later: Using different types of wireless security (WEP and WPA).
WPA is a very secure encryption method that is now preferred for computers that can use it. WEP is an older encryption method that is less secure, but it is useful if your network has systems that are not WPA capable.
In addition to being much more secure, WPA is also easier to use. WPA works best in Mac OS X 10.3.3 or later with AirPort software 3.3 or later.
There are two ways to set up WPA, Personal and Enterprise. WPA Personal is easier to set up if you have a small network, such as in your home.

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IMac G5 Airport Extreme Card WEP/WPA Security connection Problem

I have an iMac G5 (non Intel) and a wireless Belkin 801.g MIMO router. When I have no security setup on the router (ie straight out of the box)then the Airport Express card connects to the network without problems. As soon as I set either WEP or WPA or WPA2 security on the router and input the correct settings in the Airport configuration in system preferences the card sees the Network but will not connect. I simply get the message "error connecting to network". I have a Windows based laptop with built in wireless card and this has no problems at all connecting to the secured network, whether it is WEP or WPA or WPA2. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas please?

I have the same problem with my new black MacBook and a Netgear router. I can connect to the 'free' networks all around me, my Airport Extreme card sees the wi-fi network in my home that I want to connect to, and my old iBook with its lowly Airport card connected (and still does) with no problem using the '40-bit hex' option when entering the password. But now all of a sudden there are just 'errors' when I try to connect (having tried all the various options, and two different types of passwords or keys as provided by the network administrator). Oh yeah, and of course Apple Support won't help because they don't want to know about problems relating to third-party technology... We can't be the only ones with this problem!
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Wireless speed haircut using wpa vs wep vs no security.

I'm just curious what type of speed haircuts people experience when using wpa vs wep vs no security. I would have expected something like a 10 to 20% decrease in download and file transfer speeds instead of what I'm seeing.
My non scientific tests are as follows:
d/l u/l
wpa
1.280 692
1,189 338
909 1,602
wep 8.089 1,043
no security
11,485 1,658
4,813 1.072
3,047 1.842
Please ignore the obvious anomilies in the test speeds other than the slow wpa transfers.
The tests were taken at dslreports, but reflect my "real world" observations including transferring files. I used a linksys 54GS router, a linksys54??? wireless desktop card running on a 15MB cable connection. The connection was establish using netcfg2.
I was just curious if other people are experiencing the same type of speed slowdowns using wpa. Before I started using netcfg, I assumed I screwed up, but the information needed for netcfg seems pretty simple and basic.
If this is typical, I might turn the access point off, and use wep when I need wireless access.

cactus wrote:
upstream results are not the best test scenario, as they are entirely too variant.
For testing, I would connect a box to one of the ethernet ports on the linksys, and then use iperf to test between a node on the wireless to the wired node.
note: wireless is more suseptible to packet loss, so udp throughput over wireless will most likely be crappy. Make sure to test with tcp instead of udp.
It was my "real world" experience that caused me to make the speed tests and to try wep and no encryption. The tests only confirmed what I was already seeing and was drastic enough to not be concerned about speed variations or anomalies. WPA browsing was sluggish with d/l speeds of 1 to 1.5 MBs but both WEP and no security was responsive with good downloads including pacman upgrades. I am usually able to close to my rated bandwidth of 15MBs using WEP with 128 bit encyrption.
The wireless card is in a desktop and would be a pain to connect with a cable. The fact that I'm getting such good speeds with WEP indicates that the router and card are working OK. At this point I'm just going to go with 128 bit WEP encryption and try to turn off SSID broadcasting when I'm not using the wireless computer.
I pretty much assumed it was my fault when I was using ifconfig, iwconfig and iwpriv to make the connection, but netcfg2 seems pretty easy and hard to mess up. I'm really not that concerned about the security with WEP, but I was curious if anybody else had the same type of experiences.
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Just got a new IPOD Touch and it wont connect to our Wifi home network with a Belken N Router. Our router uses WEP 64 bit security, but had a "blank" password field, which the IPOD did not like. Changing to a 6 char numeric PW didnt help either.

OS is whatever OS ships with current IPOD Touch
I cannot understand why the APPLE engineers have designed this product so that it has SO MANY WIFI problems. This is supposed to be an easy-to-use product. We've had no problems connecting our new laptop, our ROKU box, etc, but it seems impossible to get the IPOD touch to work. NOTHING LIKE SPENDING XMAS MORNING DOING APPLE TECH SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING TO LEAVE YOU IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT!!! Argh!
In fact, the only way we have been able to get this expensive brand new IPOD to work on our home network is to DISABLE SECURITY in the router settings. THIS IS ANYTHING BUT A GOOD IDEA.
DON"T KNOW WHY BUT MANY OTHER USERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM SO APPLE ENGINEERING NEEDS TO GET BUSY AND FIX THIS PROBLEM SO THAT NEW USERS CAN CONNECT TO THE INTERNET WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TRAINED ROUTER ENGINEERS TO DO IT!!!!
Ok, sorry for the rant, but surely those of you who are experiencing this share my frustration. This is not why I bought an APPLE product.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT APPLE WILL NOT ALLOW A WIFI PASSWORD with more than one identical alphanumeric character? Any ideas? We also tried eliminating the 40 MHZ setting under Bandwidth settings in the router settings for our router, but it made no difference. The router has the latest firmware, too. Running out of ideas, and am ready to box this unit up and send it back!

Thanks, Bob! You are correct. And, we learned this as we spoke with APPLE TECH SUPPORT by phone on Christmas day (800-APL-CARE). One of their reps spent the time to help us troubleshoot this, but the boiled down conclusion is your answer, and to repeat for the benefit of others, here is what worked:
1. With our Belkin router set to "out-of-the-box" WEP 64 bit security, we could not get wireless access of any kind. Only with the Security Mode set to DISABLED, could we gain access.
2. Changing the router's security mode setting to "WPA/WPA-2...." and entering a new min. 8 char passphrase, and then entering that same passphrase into the IPOD Touch, and restarting the router, did the trick!
Based on this, and some info found in another posting, I can only conclude that the IPODs and IPHONES do not support WEP security mode in many generic routers used by thousands of consumers. Hopefully, those same consumers can figure out how to change their wireless router setttings to WPA/WPA-2 security mode and ALSO get all their other wireless devices (PCs, laptops, WII boxes, ROKU boxes) all reconfigured to WPA mode, too.
I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT APPLE NEEDS TO ADDRESS WITH WEP COMPATIBILITY and it may also be the case that MOST CONSUMERS ARE USING WEP 64 BIT security on their home wireless routers?
In any case, it's working now, so anyone who is having problems should try changing to WPA mode and post back here if it worked for them!

Orignal Airport card with WPA security

I have two machines as follows:
iMac G5, OS 10.4.6 with Airport Extreme
iMac G4, OS 10.3.9 with original Airport card.
Airport Express connected to cable modem (firmware v6.2)
WEP 128 security.
When I originally set up my wireless network, the G4 would not connect with other than WEP security. There was nothing in the documentation that indicated that this would be a problem. Even the Apple Care guy was not aware of it. I don't remember how long ago this was.
Everything works great, but I'd like WPA security. Rather than "break" something that's working, I thought I ask this forum for some wisdom.
Has something been updated, either on the Mac side or the Express side to eliminate this "problem"?
Thanks for the help,
Bob
Flat panel G4 iMac, G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

As long as you are using AirPort software version 3.3 or better you shouldn't have a problem connecting to a WPA network. See AirPort Card: When You Can Join a WPA Network.

WPA Security w/ Non-Apple Wireless Base?

I'm upgrading from an original Airport BS and was curious to see if anyone has purchased a wireless "N" station from another compatible brand such as Netgear?
My question is about security. If I purchase a non-Apple router, how do I set up WAP security?
Thank you!
Rick...

Setting up WPA security (or WEP for that matter) on a non-AirPort device, is pretty much the same. Most non-AirPort routers, like Belkin, D-Link, or Linksys, use a web-based administration format. Most also include a CD with automated setup for Windows-based devices.
I suggest that you download a copy of the user's manual for the particular router you are interested in and take a look at how wireless security is established before you make a purchase.

WPA security on 10.3?

I heard you can set up and use WPA security on 10.3; I have it running on my iMac with 10.4 but the menu choices are not there on 10.3 (on myiBook). The help viewer leads to a page that says Mac has it but that's it for help
Any ideas on how to use it? It asks for a password but that case only covers WEP.

I think you mean AirPort Extreme and the answer is no. Macs with the original AirPort card can use WPA.
But you need a Mac with an AirPort Extreme card to use WPA2.

WPA Security with the F5D7230-4

Hey,
I've successfully bridged my Airport Express from my Belkin F5D7230-4 with WEP Security enabled and it worked very well. Well, I should actually rephrase that; it worked well for all the Macs. The only PC on the wireless network couldn't establish a consistent connection, so I had to change the security to WPA and now everybody's computers work very well (WPA is actually desired). The only problem with WPA is that I can't get WDS to work with it, in other words, the Airport Express won't connect to the Belkin. After configuring the settings the same way as before (except changing the security) the Airport Express will first stay solid yellow, turn green for 2 or 3 seconds, and then flash yellow again. I have tried changing the wireless channel, and telling the Airport Express to just join (not WDS) while the Airport Express next to the Belkin, but still nothing worked.
Wireless bridging is infact enabled on the Belkin, and I've also tried allowing only certain access points to connect, but that didn't work either.
Is it possible that I'm not able to use WPA security with WDS on this Belkin router?
It's a F5D7230-4 Belkin Router with 4.05.03 firmware, and the latest firmware is on the Airport Express.
Thanks for any help in advance.

Do you mean to get into the network? I do have a password WPA password set, and that's why the Airport Express can't access it.
I need WPA set because a: the PC on the network needs it in order to connect, and b: it's much more secure.
I pretty much need to have the security because the Belkin has it on, and to my understanding, the Airport Express also needs to have it enabled to work.
Is there any update or anything available that could help my problem, or am I pretty much out of luck?

Setting WPA security on an Airport Extreme Card

Hi all I’m a newbie to the wonderful world of MACs having just purchased a dual 2.3 G5 incorporating an Airport Extreme card.
Now, in my simplistic world I figured that I could use the G5 connected to the internet via an ethernet router to act as a base station and allow 2 PC laptops to have wireless internet access too. Also, it would be good to allow these laptops to share the printer connected to the G5 and, absolutely ideally, share files too.
The internet sharing part of this all this works fine up to a point – that point being until I try to secure the wireless network! I’ve tried using the WEP solution (in both 64 and 128 bit modes) but the laptops just won’t connect, even though they can both actually see the network. I also understand that WPA is more secure than WEP anyway so I thought I might try that instead. Trouble is, I can't find where I can set this up for the AE Card.
So basically – could anyone tell me, in simple terms, whether I can use just an Airport Extreme CARD (rather than a full Base Station) to give me WPA security in the setup that I’m trying to create?
It seems that the card itself DOES support WPA if it’s connecting to an already-enabled network, but all I can find in the configuration options for the card is the WEP security (which I can’t get to work AT ALL!) I tried using the Airport Admin Utility to set WPA-Personal mode (which I understand is equivalent to WPA-PSK mode?) but that only seems to be for the Base Station.
I have spent the last 2 days trawling through as much information as I can find (including on these discussion pages) and still cannot find an answer.
If anyone’s still reading this rather long post and could offer any help at all, I’d be very grateful indeed.
Many thanks in advance,
Andy
PS I LOVE the MAC!!!

I need to set the network id to 10.10.1.1 will a new airport extreme do this?
Sorry, but no.
The AirPort can only be set to 10.0.x.x, 192.168.x.x or 172.16.x.x

Satellite M70-WiFi connection just with WEP or WPA

Hi,
I have the Satellite M70-164 with an Intel PRO set wifi adapter 2200BG with the latest driver.
My problem is that I can only connect to networks with security (with WEP or WPA), when I try to connect to "open" wifi networks the computer never establishes the conection, it says is "waiting for the network".
Any help will be appreciated.
Pedro

Hello Pedro
Try to use Restore Factory Default on your router settings and try again. I use WLAN for a long time and I have never heard about something similar but with Intel 2200 BG wireless card everything is possible. I have read many different topics about different issues with this card.
Bye

Can WPA Security work between a Vista Ultimate client and the VersaLink 7500 Modem?

Could not get this to work. I specified WPA Any and created my own 8-ASCII character case-sensitive WPA key. Ussed this info on the Vista side to create a wireless connection. Would not connect.
Verizon Support tells me WPA does not work betyween Vista and the 7500 modem. Only WEP works.
And, BTW, my laptop is less than 6 months old and is draft-N wireless compatible.
Why do I care? Because Microsffoft recommends AGAINST using WEP - it is not very secure. I will quote them, below from the Vista Help File.
Wikipedia says, "Despite its weaknesses, WEP is still widely in use.[3] WEP is often the first security choice presented to users by router configuration tools even though it provides a level of security that deters only unintentional use, leaving the network vulnerable to deliberate compromise.[4]
Thanx for all help.
If you plan to have a wireless network, you should set it up so that only people you choose can access it. Here are a few options for wireless network security.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
WPA encrypts information, and it also checks to make sure that the network security key has not been modified. WPA also authenticates users to help ensure that only authorized people can access the network.
There are two types of WPA authentication: WPA and WPA2. WPA is designed to work with all wireless network adapters, but it might not work with older routers or access points. WPA2 is more secure than WPA, but it will not work with some older network adapters. WPA is designed to be used with an 802.1X authentication server, which distributes different keys to each user. This is referred to as WPA-Enterprise or WPA2-Enterprise. It can also be used in a pre-shared key (PSK) mode, where every user is given the same passphrase. This is referred to as WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WEP is an older network security method that is still available to support older devices, but it is no longer recommended. When you enable WEP, you set up a network security key. This key encrypts the information that one computer sends to another computer across your network. However, WEP security is relatively easy to crack.WarningWe don't recommend using WEP. WPA or WPA2 are more secure. If you try WPA or WPA2 and they don't work, we recommend that you upgrade your network adapter to one that works with WPA or WPA2.

VersaLink 7500 User Guide.pdf
Having taken a quick look see in the User Guide, it seems the 7500 is WPA capable; there's one way to find out for certain.
Message Edited by bamboo on 09-16-2008 05:16 AM

Are wi-fi issues MBA or Lion? Anyone changed WEP to WPA?

I have 3 Macbooks in the house. The only one having connectivity issues is my new Air - connection goes in and out. At home, I have WEP security. At work, I never have connectivity issues - it's WPA security. I'm wondering if anyone has made this switch and if it helped. There is much debate whether the problem is Air or Lion related. But seems that more AIr people are complaining. I'm also wondering if my best solution is an Airport. THoughts?

I changed my 2wire modem to WPA and the difference was immediately noticeable. I did this at the suggestion of an AppleCare tech guy who mentioned something along the lines of 'Lion is designed to work with a WPA protocol'. I can't quite remember but it was something to that effect. Anyway the point is, it worked. And while I still do get disconnected on occasion it's nowhere near as often as it was with WEP.

How to see if WiFi networks are WEP or WPA in Windows 8.1 ?

This is infuriating. Since I upgraded to Windows 8.1, there is no way to see if WiFi Security ie WEP or WPA on hovering over the network. Also I can not right click to forget the WiFi Network. So, how do I find the security of available Wifi networks
and manage WiFi profiles ?

Hi,
In Windows 8.1, some UIs for Wifi have been removed.
You can refer to this article to manage your Wifi on Windows 8.1:
Manage wireless network profiles
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/manage-wireless-network-profiles
Hope this would be helpful.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support
Crazy and senseless remove every UI WIFI tool from 8.1. But why?!?
On Windows 8 we lost the WIFI network manager there was on Windows 7. And now with 8.1 we lost the ability to forget a network too.
No way to come back to make things with sense? Why people in 2014 have to use the DOS Prompt to cancel a WIFI network? Is this a customers OS oriented?

What is a WPA security passphrase

We just got back after being gone for 5 month. Tried to get our wireless printer to work but it keeps saying that the WPA security passphrase is required. The only thing that changed was that the wireless router when it was rebooted reverted back to the original signin. We changed the ID and password but now the printer says it can't login because the passphrase configured on the printer does not match exactly. I have rerun the setup numerous times but it still is saying that the security passphrase is different. I even went so far as reinstalling the software. Help.

Hi @Ginski,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I noticed that you are wondering what a WPA security passphrase is. I am happy to explain!
Please visit this website. Wireless printing center. Click on Networks and Routers, and then you will see What is a WEP key or a WPA passphrase.
You will also want to see this guide. I Can't Find the WEP or WPA Key or Password for My Wireless Network.
If you still need further assistance, I will need to know some more information:
The Product/Model Number of your printer. Follow instructions in this link. Finding Your HP Product Model Number.
If you are using a Windows or Mac Operating System, and the version number. To find the exact version, visit this link. Whatsmyos.
Please see this post, Want Good Answers? Ask Good Questions, by @Bob_Headrick, so you can get the most out of these forums.
Hope this answers your question, and have a good day!
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Hp 3050 wpa security

my 3050 was connected to my network perfectly. then i changed security to WPA. and can not connect!!!
more specifically:
yosemite macbook pro
WPA2-PSK
infinitum ADSL
when prompted for the modem password, the printer install refuses the correct PW

Hello randyleach,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums! I understand you have recently changed your security to WPA and now you are unable to connect your HP Deskjet 3050 to your wireless network. Please remember in order to properly communicate, network devices must share the same WPA settings as your HP printer.
When you changed the security settings, did you also change the wireless password or did you use the same one? Does the password include special characters or numbers? Take a look below:
I Can't Find the WEP or WPA Key or Password for My Wireless Network
Now you can start troubleshooting here: Setting Up the Printer Software for a Wireless Network for the HP Deskjet 3050 All-in-One Printer Se...
Please let me know the outcome, I will watch for your reply.
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