User’s Manual -
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WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - Wi-Fi’s original security mechanism,
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for
securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution,
the IEEE 802.11i standard, is under development. However, since the IEEE
802.11i standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003,
several members of the WI-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the
IEEE 802.11i task group to develop a significant near-term enhancement
to Wi-Fi security. Together, this team developed Wi-Fi Protected Access.
To upgrade a WLAN network to support WPA, Access Points will require a
WPA software upgrade. Clients will require a software upgrade for the
network interface card, and possibly a software update for the operating
system. For enterprise networks, an authentication server, typically one
that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will
be added to the network.
WPA2 - It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final
IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard.
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