First time home wireless - how to match PC to router - setup question
How would you match up the seemingly different NAMES for security protocols between my PC and my wireless router?
I am hooking up my first wireless PC at home and I am confused about which matching settings to use on the wireless router and the wireless PC.
HERE ARE THE AVAILABLE WIRELESS ROUTER OPTIONS: a. Security Mode = Disabled, WPA Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2 Personal, WPA2 Enterprise, Radius, or WEP b. WPA Algorithms = AES, TKIP, or TKIP+AES
HERE ARE THE AVAILABLE WINDOWS WIRELESS PC OPTIONS: a. Network Authentication = Open, Shared, WPA, or WPA-PSK b. Data Encryption = AES, or TKIP
Given those choices, which would YOU choose for the router and for the PC?
I tried this settings but it didn't work: ROUTER = WPA2 Personal, TKIP PC = WPA-PSK, TKIP
And I tried this settings but it didn't work either: ROUTER = WPA Personal, AES PC = WPA-PSK, AES
Given what choices I have, what's the most secure WORKING combination I should use?
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Julie Bove in Networking Firewalls
