WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

re: WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

Rob D. — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:16:10 GMT

I tried updating our network to WPA2. We have a Cisco solution, using Cisco A and A/B/G cards. The Access points have either A/B or A/G. The older access points won't take the upgrade, because the onboard processor can't handle the AES encryption. So we are stuck at WPA, for now.

Blogcast: Securing Wireless Networks

Michael Kleef ::: MSFT — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:10:40 GMT

As I promised I finished my Securing Wireless Networks blogcast and prepared a little article to go with...

Why upgrading the firmware of a router is dangerous and how to add WPA2 support to XP

Steve Lamb's Blog — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:48:57 GMT

My colleague John Howard recently added a post talking about upgrading the firmware on his wireless router...

re: WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

Steve Lamb — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:31:17 GMT

WPA2 is also known as 802.11i - it was recently certified by the IEEE. It brings AES cryptography to replace DES and has some denial of service protection.

WPA is more than enough for a home environment IMHO but if you have the option of WPA2 then it's a nice to have.