802.11g vs. 802.11i

16 Mar 2005 7:14 PM

bjh

I was wondering if anyone could point me to the best place to compare both
standards. IE, pro's and Conn's of both

16 Mar 2005 7:46 PM

Jerry Park

bjh wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone could point me to the best place to compare both
>standards. IE, pro's and Conn's of both
>
>
>
>

802.11[a,b&g] are communications standards.
802.11i is an encryption standard. WPA and WPA2 encryption are the
results of the draft 802.11i standard.

16 Mar 2005 9:06 PM

bjh

That is what I thought, so do u buy devices that are of an 802.11g standard
and implemnet 802.11i through a firm ware upgrade, or can u purchase 802.11i
devices, and do these devices follow the 802.11g standards for speed but add
hte security aspect?

Sorry but I have had a request to configure a wireless network, and I havent
done so before(other than home networks of course).
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"Jerry Park" <NoReply@No.Spam> wrote in message
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> bjh wrote:
>
> >I was wondering if anyone could point me to the best place to compare
both
> >standards. IE, pro's and Conn's of both
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 802.11[a,b&g] are communications standards.
> 802.11i is an encryption standard. WPA and WPA2 encryption are the
> results of the draft 802.11i standard.

16 Mar 2005 10:16 PM

Jerry Park

You buy devices which support the standards you want to use. Wireless
devices come in 802.11[a,b&g] with encryption standards of WEP, WPA and
WPA2.

The most common is 802.11b, but it is being replaced with 802.11g
because of g's faster speed. 802.11a seems mostly dead.

WEP is not secure. WPA is the replacement which is secure. WPA is based
on the 802.11i draft standards.

WPA is genereally used to indicate that the device supports the WPA
standard, but doesn't support AES encryption.
WPA2 is generally used to indicate support for the WPA standard +
support for AES encryption.

WPA-TKIP is considered very secure. The newer WPA-AES may be slightly
more secure. TKIP is generally done in software while AES usually
requires hardware support, so AES may be slightly faster.

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>That is what I thought, so do u buy devices that are of an 802.11g standard
>and implemnet 802.11i through a firm ware upgrade, or can u purchase 802.11i
>devices, and do these devices follow the 802.11g standards for speed but add
>hte security aspect?
>
>Sorry but I have had a request to configure a wireless network, and I havent
>done so before(other than home networks of course).
>"Jerry Park" <NoReply@No.Spam> wrote in message
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>>bjh wrote:
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>>>I was wondering if anyone could point me to the best place to compare
>>>
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>both
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>
>>>standards. IE, pro's and Conn's of both
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>>802.11[a,b&g] are communications standards.
>>802.11i is an encryption standard. WPA and WPA2 encryption are the
>>results of the draft 802.11i standard.
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17 Mar 2005 12:47 AM

bjh

Thanks Jerry, you're a good man.
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"Jerry Park" <NoReply@No.Spam> wrote in message
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> You buy devices which support the standards you want to use. Wireless
> devices come in 802.11[a,b&g] with encryption standards of WEP, WPA and
> WPA2.
>
> The most common is 802.11b, but it is being replaced with 802.11g because
> of g's faster speed. 802.11a seems mostly dead.
>
> WEP is not secure. WPA is the replacement which is secure. WPA is based on
> the 802.11i draft standards.
>
> WPA is genereally used to indicate that the device supports the WPA
> standard, but doesn't support AES encryption.
> WPA2 is generally used to indicate support for the WPA standard + support
> for AES encryption.
>
> WPA-TKIP is considered very secure. The newer WPA-AES may be slightly more
> secure. TKIP is generally done in software while AES usually requires
> hardware support, so AES may be slightly faster.
>
>
>
> bjh wrote:
>
>>That is what I thought, so do u buy devices that are of an 802.11g
>>standard
>>and implemnet 802.11i through a firm ware upgrade, or can u purchase
>>802.11i
>>devices, and do these devices follow the 802.11g standards for speed but
>>add
>>hte security aspect?
>>
>>Sorry but I have had a request to configure a wireless network, and I
>>havent
>>done so before(other than home networks of course).
>>"Jerry Park" <NoReply@No.Spam> wrote in message
>>news:v00_d.36588$5T6.342@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>>
>>>bjh wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was wondering if anyone could point me to the best place to compare
>>>>
>>both
>>
>>>>standards. IE, pro's and Conn's of both
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>802.11[a,b&g] are communications standards.
>>>802.11i is an encryption standard. WPA and WPA2 encryption are the
>>>results of the draft 802.11i standard.
>>>
>>
>>
>>