WiFi Protected Access (WPA)

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) provides more sophisticated data encryption and better user authentication than Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the original Wi-Fi security standard

WPA Encryption Options

• TKIP
• AES

WPA Configuration Modes

WPA Configuration Mode (WPA-Personal - WPA-Enterprise):

• WPA-Personal (WPA-PSK) - commonly used for home networks
• WPA-Enterprise (WPA-802.1X, RADIUS) - commonly used in university and company networks