I live in a block of flats and run two laptops on a wireless network. I’m using Windows XP on both of them.
I want to prevent a neighbour from buying an adapter and sharing invisibly my adsl connection.
My questions below are prompted by some prompts and options I have seen listed on the properties page of my wireless network.
Q1 Will data encryption help me? (What is WEP Enabled, anyway?)
Q2. Will Network Authenticaltion help me? (What is Shared Mode and does it differ from WEP Enabled. IE are they mutually exclusive?)
Q3 how do I put your suggested solution into practice?
Q4. How do I detect if someone else is using my wireless network?
Just in case it helps I have queried my router and it says that it’s configuration is as follows:
Modulation Mode : gdmt
Operating Protocol : RFC 2364 (PPPoA) Routing Mode
VPI : 0
VCI : 38
Authentication Method : chap
LAN IP : 192.168.xxxxxxxx.yyyyyyyyy
Nat : Enabled