There are three basic security settings for home wireless: none, WEP, and WPA. Obviously, you don't want "none". WEP was cracked wide open last
year; while he chances that somebody in your neighbourhood can read WEP-encrypted traffic are small, that chance isn't zero. Thus, I'd go with WPA
encryption.
Once you've selected WPA, there are a few subchoices (different flavours of the standard) from which you'll be choosing one. Which one you want depends
on which one all of your wifi devices can use - read all your manuals.
And you'll have to come up with a password (or passphrase) for the WPA key. Choose something you can remember, but something that isn't too short...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
year; while he chances that somebody in your neighbourhood can read WEP-encrypted traffic are small, that chance isn't zero. Thus, I'd go with WPA
encryption.
Once you've selected WPA, there are a few subchoices (different flavours of the standard) from which you'll be choosing one. Which one you want depends
on which one all of your wifi devices can use - read all your manuals.
And you'll have to come up with a password (or passphrase) for the WPA key. Choose something you can remember, but something that isn't too short...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012