wpa2 vs wpa AES

[AFPJ]

I have been reading, and there's the problem. I am now somewhat confused between WPA AES and WPA2 as one site states WPA2 is the same as WPA AES. I believe this is not the case because if I try to enable WPA2 (TKIP+AES) on a Linksys wrt54G router, and have the wireless devices set at WPA AES (a distinct wpa2 option is not there) then nothing works. Is WPA AES = WPA2? If not, as I suspect, Is WPA TKIP more or less secure than WPA AES? Thanks for any clarification.

Support your local PJ

[Sooner Al]

This BBR thread may be of some help understanding this...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12691890

The bottom line is you need to NOT configure WPA2 on the router since your clients do not support WPA2. You need to configure the router and the clients for WPA-PSK (AES), ie the lowest common denominator so to speak...

[AFPJ]

Thanks...that made it a bit clearer. I should stay away from those white papers.


Support your local PJ

[JackMDS]

WPA + AES, is a concoction to improve WPA on hardware that does not support the official WPA2, it should be almost as safe as WPA2.

:D