Operation Manual

Security
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN – 6 Guidebook 57
Encryption
The most important security setting is encryption. FRITZ!Box
Fon WLAN supports the two security mechanisms WEP
(Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
as follows:
z As part of the WEP mechanism a static key is deter-
mined to serve for the encryption of the user data. The
key must also be entered in the WLAN settings of the
WLAN clients.
The factory settings of FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN include a
WLAN network key with a length of 128 bits. You should
enter your own individual value for the WLAN network
key as soon as possible.
z The WPA mechanism provides for authentication while
the connection is being established. For this a WPA
password must be defined. The user data are encrypted
using an automatically generated key. This key is regen-
erated at regular intervals.
The WPA password used may be 8 to 63 characters in
length. For increased security, however, the password
should be at least 20 characters long. Use numerals,
letters and other special characters and combine capi-
tals and lower-case letters.
Always use WPA encryption if your WLAN client supports it.
The settings for this encryption can be configured on the
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN user interface.
If you use WEP encryption because your WLAN adapter does
not support WPA encryption, be sure to enter an individual val-
ue for the WLAN network key at the first possible opportunity.