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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 3108399" data-attributes="member: 3087">I should probably also say: I generally buy the cheaper verisons of stuff. At any tech store there are usually like three or four of anything and some are more expensive. If you want to avoid the hassle you could just buy the more expensive one on the theory that it'll probably actually work.(I don't because I don't think they market based on actual quality, so much as deceiving their customers)Your question about security:There are lots ways to get routers secure. Personally I think the best/easiest one is to just tell your router to -only- accept communications from certain MAC addresses.If I understand correct it each wireless componet produced has a unique MAC address. (so my computer's card has one, another computer with the same model card will have a different MAC number, etc)Then make sure that encryption with the highest number is "on" and you're set (at this point once you've got them talking and you've told the router that the computer is OK it'll work with the wireless card to finesse the encryption). If a buddy comes over and wants to use your wireless you have to put in the MAC address; but I feel like it's a lot easier that the alternative of having passwords for your network.(either they're specific to the network, and you don't remember them, or you use a password you use a lot and somebody who hacks your network also theoretically has access to your mail account etc)I would also set your computers so that they don't "broadcast" (i.e. they don't identify themselves to computers they don't know over the network, just to the networks you identify).I've only had to deal with it on the (Apple Computer) Mac but it's good because1. Nobody can pull the MAC addresses for the individual systems2. This mac guy I didn't even know seemed to think that it was an essential part of basic computer security and basically wrenched the Ibook from my hands to show/do it for me.(I trust obessive geek types on certain things).I probably have the details wrong for some of this but real techies will probably post to correct my errors.Wireless is very doable, and once you've gotten on top of it it's great, but there are some parts that are fiddly and can take you by surprise.</blockquote>

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