While configuring a wireless access point device, a technician is presented with several security mode options.

Which of the following options will provide the most secure access?

answer

WEP 128

WPA2 and AES

WPA and AES

WPA and TKIP

WPA2 and TKIP

1 answer

The most secure access option among the ones listed is:

WPA2 and AES

WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) is the strongest wireless security protocol currently available, and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a more secure encryption method compared to TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) used in older protocols like WPA. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), particularly with 128-bit, is outdated and considered insecure.

Therefore, for providing the best security for a wireless access point, WPA2 combined with AES is the optimal choice.