WPA, WPA2, WEP, RADIUS, Mixed, and Only

What to Choose?

Unless you need to support legacy computers, choose WPA2 Pre-Shared Key Only. Then choose AES as the WPA Algorithm.

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Security Modes

WPA2 replaces WPA and supports AES . WPA2 has two ways of authenticating (Pre-Shared Key or RADIUS.) Pre-Shared Key Only is what most home networks will use. RADIUS requires a RADIUS server that most households lack, so you probably aren't going to use that. Further, if you need to support legacy computers, WPA2 also supports a Mixed mode that permits computers to connect via either WPA or WPA2 whereas the Only mode supports just WPA2.

WPA replaces WEP and supports TKIP . Like the newer WPA2, the legacy WPA can have two ways of authenticating (Pre-Shared Key or RADIUS.) If you need to support WPA, just use WPA2 Mixed instead, because it supports both the legacy WPA and the newer WPA2.

RADIUS requires an external server for authentication. Most home networks do not have this.

WEP is obsolete.

WPA Algorithms

Sources

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-wpa-and-wpa2