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reply to flyawaydutch

Re: ABC's of setting up WAP2 security

If this is for a home office, or a small office with just a few wireless computers, use PSK. If this is for a company, or a large office with hundreds of users, use EAP. If it is somewhere in between, then you will have to judge.

reply to flyawaydutch
Most people use PSK. The "EAP" reference is for the "RADIUS" based setup, also known as "WPA Enterprise" where 802.11i security (in its original intention, anyway) is used. This is technically a more secure implementation, but at the same time not very practical for home users or even small businesses with just a handful of wireless stations.

If you reeeaaaaally want to do EAP, let's talk shop ... but unless you're already fluent in RADIUS, layer 2 / layer 3, PKI / TLS / SSL, identity management systems, etc., it's not worth it. That stuff's for people who just want to understand that type of deployment or run organizations where such level of protection is required.

»wicked-styles.com/bitsandpieces/···ecurity/

Oh, for XP and WPA2, you may also want to consider this since I don't think it's made available through Windows Update:

»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···ylang=en

It does.

reply to nwrickert
I come from environments where SP2 is still relatively common, but I agree that SP3 should support WPA2 since it makes some underlying changes in the way the OS handles connectivity profiles.

I can't speak for an Xbox since I don't own one, but an iPod touch should provide WPA2 capability.