Wireless Standards

802.11b Speed

11 Megabits per second

802.11b Miscellaneous

14 channels,11 used in the in US; Interference-laden

802.11g Miscellaneous

14 channels,11 used in the in US; Interference-laden

802.11n Miscellaneous

14 channels,11 used in the in US; Interference-laden

802.11n Frequency & range

2.4 and 5 GHz; 300 ft+ range;

802.11b Frequency & range

2.4GHz; 300 ft range;

802.11g Frequency & range

2.4GHz; 300 ft range;

802.11a speed

54 Megabits per second

802.11g Speed

54 Megabits per seconds

802.11a Frequency & range

5GHz; 150 ft. range;

802.11a Miscellaneous

8 usable channels. Consumer-disallowed; origininally intended as a model.

What encryption protocol is commonly used today?

The current wireless encryption standard is WPA2, which uses a form of AES, along with CCMP (Counter Cipher Mode with Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol).

What are the different versions of WPA?

The first was WPA-PSK, or Pre-Shared Key. The next was WPA-TKIP, or Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. This was followed by WPA-AES, or Advanced Encryption Standard.

802.11n Speed

Up to 600 Megabits per second

What replaced WEP?

WEP was replaced by WPA, or WiFi Protected Access.

What was the original wireless encryption used?

WEP, or Wired Equivalent Privacy. Because of its inherent weaknesses, WEP was officially retired in 2004.