A technician is setting up a SOHO wireless router. The router is about ten years old. The customer would like the most secure wireless network possible. Which of the following should the technician co

The correct answer is B. WPA2 with AES. A router that is approximately ten years old almost certainly does not support WPA3, which was finalized in 2018 and only became common in consumer hardware several years later. Therefore, WPA3 options (C and D) are not realistic for this hardware. Between the two WPA2 options, A

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A technician is setting up a SOHO wireless router. The router is about ten years old. The customer would like the most secure wireless network possible. Which of the following should the technician configure?

Options

AWPA2 with TKIP
BWPA2 with AES
CWPA3 with AES-256
DWPA3 with AES-128

How the community answered

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A
5% (3)
B
84% (54)
C
3% (2)
D
8% (5)

Explanation

A router that is approximately ten years old almost certainly does not support WPA3, which was finalized in 2018 and only became common in consumer hardware several years later. Therefore, WPA3 options (C and D) are not realistic for this hardware. Between the two WPA2 options, AES (using CCMP) is significantly more secure than TKIP. TKIP was a stopgap measure that retains weaknesses from WEP and is considered deprecated. WPA2 with AES is therefore the most secure configuration achievable on this legacy hardware.

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