Encrypting the wireless connection protects you from others using your internet connection, and getting access to your PCs through the wireless network - but they have to be within range of your signal. That's a threat you have to judge based on distance from your home to anyplace someone could be sitting with another wireless PC.
Encryption does nothing to prevent those threats to your PC that come through the internet - email viruses, worms, spyware.
johnallg
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March 30th, 2004 19:00
http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/network/p57205/en/ex_confg/index.htm
vmansd
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April 3rd, 2004 00:00
Anti virus FIRST. That protects your computer.
Encrypting the wireless connection protects you from others using your internet connection, and getting access to your PCs through the wireless network - but they have to be within range of your signal. That's a threat you have to judge based on distance from your home to anyplace someone could be sitting with another wireless PC.
Encryption does nothing to prevent those threats to your PC that come through the internet - email viruses, worms, spyware.
Val