WPA vs. WPA2? Which one?

Question

Which would you recommend? I know WPA2 would seem more secure but some people have been telling to to go with WPA instead. I don't know. I just want the most secure wireless internet so that it'll be near impossible to crack into. And yes, I know it depends more on the password, and I already have a hard password set. I just want to know if I should go with WPA or WPA2 instead. Thanks!

Answer 1

WPA2.

Its far more secure than WPA.

The only reason to go to WPA is if you are playing Online Game with others on a LAN to your Wireless and you have a performance decrease.  However, for the most part, 11 to 54Mbps is MORE than enough (even with a Wireless Switch acting as a hub) for the number of users you will have on it.

A very detailed explanation is here -

http://compudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/wi...

Answer 2

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/wifisecuri...

Answer 3

If you're on a home network then WPA is totally fine. Hackers would need several hours of work with fast systems to crack a good WPA password, and if it's a home network, that's not going to happen. You could change the password on a regular basis if you're really paranoid though.

Now if you're running a commercial network with valuable information stored on it, then it would be a good idea to go with WPA2 and secure off-line backups. That's probably not your case though, so WPA is fine.