Capitol wrote:

Unless you need wireless, then that is best turned off...

Can you please detail why? Just curious.

Security mainly. Most wireless routers seem to come pre configured to
allow open unencrypted access. Which means by default you are not only
sharing your internet connection with anyone in the neighbourhood who
wants to (ab)use it, you are also potentially sharing any network shares
you may have created unless you have taken the trouble to enable
password protect or user access control on them. You are also exposing
the windows TCP/IP stack and any services it may be running the whole
network including wireless users. Not too much of an issue with new
WinXP SP2 boxes - but a problem for unprotected Win2K systems.

So if you buy a wireless router and want to use it as such you need to
disable open access and turn on WPA encryption ASAP. If you are just
planing to keep the wireless bit in reserve for future expansion then it
it simplest to just turn it off in the routers configuration pages.


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Cheers,

John.

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