It's easier to crack WEP than it is to tap your wired connection . S2020, do what the guys said, you'll be fine.

Trit, you know your sig is > 1 MB?

 

Turn on WEP. Also, set up your router to accept only the MAC addresses of wireless NICs on your network, this should prevent unauthorized access into your network. (what trit said)

-= joe =-

 

Thanks for the responses.
off-topic is the best

 

 

 

secured or unsecured on wireless doesnt really matter... thats jus who the connection is available through... if your neighbor has a stronger connection... heres what you do..

1) cancel your service
2) leech onto your neighbor until they cancel

and your good to go! secure or unsecure only depends on the websites visited... as long as the browser starts with https:// your good to go

doesnt matter where you connect.. starbucks.. library.. dont matter... https and your good to go... jus clear the cache/cookies if your using a shared comp

 

do what he said, seriously. And then send me the $40+ a month your paying for highspeed.

 

I agree. I had 3 other wireless networks in the apartment building I just moved out of. Two of which were "unsecured" and the third was WEP'd. I wound up canceling my cable service about a month early since my desktop and laptop both have wireless and connected to someone elses signal. I was getting about 900Kbps off it too.

Even if you're connecting to someone elses signal, I don't think there's anyway for them to see what you're looking at. If you're not sharing folders and you've got a firewall set up, you should be fine. However, do what someone mentioned above and remove the wireless networks that you don't want to use.

 

FYI... although it's fine for most home applications, WEP is generally understood to be an insecure protocol. Think of it like leaving your car out on the street - locking the car will only keep the honest people honest. WEP will only keep honest people honest.

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secured or unsecured on wireless doesnt really matter... thats jus who the connection is available through...

WEP is to secure your router from their traffic and is very important to keep people from preforming illegal activity from your connection and you having to explain why that child pron was downloaded from your internet connection to the nice FBI guy. I think this is the wake up call that everyone should listen to! While you can prove someone did hijack your connection the FBI will still be showing up at your house and I think you really don't want anyone speculating why.

If you set up your card to only connect to WEP secure wireless routers then you won't connect to anyone's except yours because you won't have the same password (well you shouldn't) as anyone elses so your card will not connect to theirs and visa versa .

I use WEP because I don't know what the people leaching off of my connection are doing, I don't want to support someone elses crime by accident.

Here's one thing I do know for sure, nothing is secure, nothing.