6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network

I got everything working.

I used to have: WPA + TKIP and a 8 character password

But now I have Wireless running with: WPA2 + AES and a 16 character (non-dictionary mixed with letters and numbers) password.

What else should I do? Or is that enough?

 

That's all (and the best) you can do. Also do not use default router login details like "admin".

WEP and WPA has been cracked, WPA2 is currently the only safe solution and it's only a matter of time until it's cracked. For me, I'll stick to my Powerline Ethernet with latest NIC drivers and router firmware.

 

sorry guy i was out for a while

yes its enough one more thing you much add is access list write your mac address to access list control so only those which have same access list mention can login it make more difficult for outsider(hacker) to try he need to find your mac address as well

i guess its more than enough for home user

WPA2 encryption itself is very strong

 

So the best solution is to avoid wireless and just use an Ethernet cable, right?

 

I am somwhat confused by the options discussed here. Whereas other posts mention either TKIP or AES encryption, in my case it appears to have both. Similarly for WPA and/or WPA2.

This is what my Thomson router states:

Security Mode: WPA-PSK
WPA-PSK Encryption: TKIP+AES
WPA-PSK Version: WPA+WPA2

Have I interpreted those correctly?

 

For an explanation see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

You have three types of wireless access standars:
WEP, WPA (wireless protected access) and WPA2 (replacing WPA)

Then you have different cyphers of the wifi signal:

TKIP (Temporary Key integrity protocol): Introduced in WPA and pre-WPA standards and:
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard): Implemented in WPA2

Your choice should be WPA2 and if available cypher EAS. The choice thompson give seems contradicting.

Cheers,
Fax