I keep seeing people say that "WPA 2 supports AES and WPA doesn't," but I've found that to be untrue. Before WPA2 came out my Thinkpad could do "WPA/AES" instead of "WPA/TKIP" (the latter presumably ...
Many articles have been written in the last few days about the latest flaw discovered in WPA TKIP security for wireless networks. In a nutshell they all boil down to WPA bad, WPA2 good. Never mind ...
WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While WEP is still supported by most wireless access points, WPA2 is now the recommended security measure.