Next, your router may support the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) or
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption algorithms, or both. Of
the two, AES is stronger, but it is supported only by WPA2. If you experience
connection problems with AES, wherein certain web sites won??™t load, try
switching to TKIP (or vice-versa). If your router allows it, select AES and
TKIP to make troubleshooting easier, and then choose one algorithm or the
other in Windows.
So, for best wireless security, choose WPA2-Personal with AES and TKIP.
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With WEP, your router may have you type a passphrase, but it??™s only
used to generate a key. WEP keys are hexadecimal strings of numbers
(0??“9) and letters (A??“F), and are either 10 or 26 digits long (for 64- or
128-bit security, respectively). You then type the hex key??”not the
passphrase??”into Windows to connect.
Before you save your changes here, make things easy on
yourself and take this opportunity to record your passphrase
or key. Highlight the key (if there??™s more than one, use the
first key, Key 1) and press Ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard.
Then, open your favorite text editor (e.g., Notepad), and
press Ctrl-V to paste it into a new, empty document. Save
the file on your desktop (or a USB memory key to set up
other PCs); this will allow you to easily paste it into various
dialog boxes later on, which is easier than having to type it.
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