# WPA or WEP Security Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpa-or-wep-security-question/385305>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpa-or-wep-security-question/385305 "2006-12-23T03:02:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpa-or-wep-security-question/385305/1 "2006-12-23T03:02:42Z")

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Need some help with wireless security…

My router has security options as follows:

WPA or WEP  
WPA only  
WEP only  
None

It’s one of those pretty much configured out the box by my ISP jobs and the default is ‘WPA or WEP’. I want to change this to WEP only as i’ve just got a Nintendo DS and it doesn’t support anything other than WEP.

When i do this though i can’t get connected wirelessly at all. Anybody got any ideas why not? I don’t think my laptops have any WPA settings, all i know is i had to input the WEP key to connect them to the router, don’t know anything about WPA settings.

Any suggestions appreciated