- #WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL FULL#
- #WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL SOFTWARE#
- #WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL PASSWORD#
This further decreases the likelihood that an attacker can figure out the key in the time it's in use. much longer keys (like 2048 bit, versus 128 for 'personal').There's also traceability: I know which WiFi device belongs to which user. Some other terms used for network key include encryption key, WEP key, WPA/WPA2.
#WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL PASSWORD#
Although not directly answering the question, I include it for interest. I don’t think there’s any meaningful difference in the security.įWIW, I’ve used WPA2 Personal on my Airport Extreme since I bought it, and no device has ever had problems connecting.Ĭonfession: I initially misread the question as being about the difference between Personal and Enterprise, and wrote this. In a nutshell, a WPA/WPA2 network will any network card that supports WPA or WPA2 to connect to it whereas a WPA2 only network locks out network cards that only support the newer standard.
#WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL SOFTWARE#
WPA is both forward and backward-compatible and is designed to run on existing Wi-Fi devices as a software download. The Wikipedia article cites a white paper from the Wi-Fi Alliance: This advanced protocol will not work with some older network cards.
#WEP VS WPA CS WPA2 PERSONAL FULL#
The later WPA2 certification mark indicates compliance with the full IEEE 802.11i standard. Some network cards can’t connect to WPA2 networks. I believe that WPA was the original WPA standard, and WPA2 was an improved version of it.