Wireless Encryption/Wireless Details

Question 1

WEP

Answer 1

Description
Wired Equivalent Privacy Deprecated and vulnerable to attacks

Encryption Level
64-bit

Question 2

WPA

Answer 2

Description
Wi-Fi Protected Access

Encryption Level
128-bit

Question 3

WPA2

Answer 3

Description
Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 2

Encryption Level
256-bit

Question 4

TKIP

Answer 4

Description
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
Deprecated encryption protocol used with WEP or WPA

Encryption Level
128-bit

Question 5

AES

Answer 5

Description
Encryption protocol used with WPA/WPA2 Strongest encryption method in this table

Encryption Level
128-, 192-, and 256-bit

Question 6

802.11a

Frequency

Throughput

Channels

Answer 6

Frequency 5GHz

Throughput 54Mbps

Channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165

Question 7

802.11b

Frequency

Throughput

Channels

Answer 7

Frequency 2.4GHz

Throughput 11Mbps

Channels 1-11

Question 8

802.11g

Frequency

Throughput

Channels

Answer 8

Frequency 2.4GHz

Throughput 54Mbps

Channels 1-11

Question 9

802.11n

Frequency

Throughput

Channels

Answer 9

Frequency 5GHz/2.4GHz

Throughput 600Mbps

Channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165

Question 10

802.11ac

Frequency

Throughput

Channels

Answer 10

Frequency 5GHz

Throughput 1.3 Gbps - 2.3 Gbps

Channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165