Encyption Type for E4200 [ Edited ]

[McBeef]

I have an E4200 that I setup the wifi with WPA2 personal encryption. In the browser interface, it doesn't indicate whether this is TKIP, AES-CCMP, or AES+CCMP. What should I specify on my device to have the most reliable connection. TKIP doesn't work at all, AES-CCMP and AES+CCMP both appear to work so I suppose between two the question is which is better?

[somms]

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@McBeef wrote:

I have an E4200 that I setup the wifi with WPA2 personal encryption. In the browser interface, it doesn't indicate whether this is TKIP, AES-CCMP, or AES+CCMP. What should I specify on my device to have the most reliable connection. TKIP doesn't work at all, AES-CCMP and AES+CCMP both appear to work so I suppose between two the question is which is better?

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An AES-based encryption mechanism that is stronger than TKIP. Sometimes referred to as AES instead of CCMP. Used by WPA2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

[willrk]

Note that the E4200 is susceptible to the WPS vulnerability, and I hacked mine in six hours with a laptop running reaver from an Ubuntu USB stick, recovering my WPA2 Personal passwords. Wheeeee!

[musicmanohyeah]

It should not matter which of the AES types you configure on your computer. E4200 is a simple home router with less techie settings on the web interface for non-techies to operate.

If your router is using WPA2 setting, your encryption type is automatically set to AES.