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securing a wireless networkHere is guidance from Barb Bowman, MS-MVP, about that issue...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/bowman_05june13.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/bowman_05february10.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_03july28.mspx Use the strongest encryption your wireless access point and clients can use, ie. WPA is preferred over WEP. If you must use WEP use 128-bit WEP at a minimum... Personally I use WPA-PSK (AES) with a 63-character random ASCII key that I generated from this site... http://www.kurtm.net/wpa-pskgen/ I also recommend that you do *NOT* turn off the SSID broadcast... -- Show quoteHide quoteAl Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... "Chris Bondy" <ChrisBo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8204FC8C-66FF-484F-9B46-85774ADAED71@microsoft.com... > How do I secure an unsecured wireless network? 
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