Basic Newbie help please

Hope I ask thios correctly.
If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS 11g.
If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my laptop.
then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa credit card
site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the wireless aspect
of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I am so very paranoid
of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my porch with my laptop
some days(not going to credit card sites though, that's why I purchased the
router and the card.
I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is this
good enough?
Thanks, weird question I guess
Frank

The wireless computer is connected to your LAN as you describe.

Unless you secure the wireless, then anyone can get on your LAN easily.
If someone is on the LAN, might they be able to put a key stroke logger on
your desktop?
If someone is on the LAN, might they be able to monitor messages on the
network?
I don't know the answers to these questions very clearly but it would
concern *me*.

So, make the wireless part of the LAN be not easily accessible.
Use MAC filtering just because it makes it harder to access the LAN.
Turn off SSID if you can and type the ID into each computer (the laptop and
the router). I'm not sure you can shut off SSID if you use XP on the
laptop.
You could use WEP but it's crackable.
I recommend WPA if your router and cards support it. Better still, WPA2 but
it's not really available yet it seems.

Fred


"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope I ask thios correctly.
> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS
> 11g. If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my
> laptop. then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa
> credit card site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the
> wireless aspect of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I
> am so very paranoid of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my
> porch with my laptop some days(not going to credit card sites though,
> that's why I purchased the router and the card.
> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is
> this good enough?
> Thanks, weird question I guess
> Frank
>

Thanks Joeu
Why do people (mainly Fred) who have the knowledge to answer a question feel
they have to give a smartass answer before the actual answer? Sorry if my
question wasn't up to standards. Ask me a question about digital recording
and you'll get an answer, not some smartass crap first.Again Fred!
Anyway, I do have wap capable hardware, but from these answers I think I may
send it all back to newegg. And you CAN disable all the remote access
services in XP Pro, through XP Pro
Thanks,
Frank

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
> Frank wrote:
>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>
> Not at all. I have exactly the same circumstances,
> and I asked myself the same questions.
>
>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router
>> Linksys WRT54GS 11g.
>
> Me, too.
>
>> Since the Desktop is
>> hardwired to the router, does the wireless aspect of security
>> (or lack of) still enter into the picture?
>
> Not exactly. What I mean is: someone "sniffing" the wireless
> network signal should not see bits that are transmitted over
> the wired connection, even though it is the same subnet. With
> one caveat: any broadcasts over the wired connection might
> appear on the wireless signal. But HTTPS traffic is unicast.
>
> But as someone else pointed out, someone might be able to
> send packets to your wired computer over the wireless network.
> I suspect that XP Pro is more vulnerable than XP Home. I
> believe that XP Pro supports some remote access protocols.
> I don't know if XP Home does.
>
> (I have not yet experimented to see which remote access
> protocols, if any, I can disable with my firewall, and the
> system will continue to function properly.)
>
>> I am so very paranoid of this wireless stuff
>
> As you should be.
>
>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless
>> security, is this good enough?
>
> IMHO, it is. I presume you took the following precautions,
> at least: chose a non-default and clever password for the
> Linksys admin; chose a non-default SSID name; chose Passphrase
> authetication, at least, and chose a clever Passphrase; disabled
> SSID broadcast. Someone else mentioned MAC address filtering.
> I did not want to go that far, since I have visitors who want
> to use the network.
>

Hi
Bear in mind that though the same word Security is used to describe Secure
Internet Connection and Secure Wireless from a Computer functioning
perspective there is No relation between the two.
Wireless Security has Nothing to do with securing the Internet Connection.
Wireless is just a replacement for a Wire and thus can be intercepted by
people in the neighborhood attaching them self to your Signal and use your
LAN and your LAN's Internet Connection. To avoid Local Tapping there are
Wireless Security measures. These measures are unique to the Wireless
components, and have to be used even if there is No Internet Connection.
These short pages describe the basic principles of functional Wireless
Security.
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
WEP, WPA, and the Future - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
Network Segregation - http://www.ezlan.net/shield.html
Internet Security.
Cable/DSL Router Hardware NAT and Firewall/AntiVirus/AntiSpy applications
are the ones that protect the Internet connection from being
invaded/infested, and preventing your LAN computers (Wired and Wireless)
from transmitting out to the Internet privileged information.
All the computers (as a Network) would have basic Internet protection by
using a Cable/DSL Router. In addition, each computer on your Network that
has access to the Internet should have its own Internet Connection
protection regardless of whether it uses Wire or Wireless.
Internet -Basic protection: http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html
Assemble Freeware Security suit for Internet Connection:
http://www.ezlan.net/security.html
In addition you should have tools available to clean your computers if they
get Infested with Internet "Junk".
Internet Infestation: http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html
Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk" - http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).



"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope I ask thios correctly.
> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS
11g.
> If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my
laptop.
> then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa credit
card
> site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the wireless
aspect
> of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I am so very
paranoid
> of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my porch with my laptop
> some days(not going to credit card sites though, that's why I purchased
the
> router and the card.
> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is
this
> good enough?
> Thanks, weird question I guess
> Frank
>
>

It seems like Fred gave good advice in his reply. I didn't see anything
smartass about it. He answered your questions and made suggestions.


"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Joeu
> Why do people (mainly Fred) who have the knowledge to answer a question
> feel they have to give a smartass answer before the actual answer? Sorry
> if my question wasn't up to standards. Ask me a question about digital
> recording and you'll get an answer, not some smartass crap first.Again
> Fred!
> Anyway, I do have wap capable hardware, but from these answers I think I
> may send it all back to newegg. And you CAN disable all the remote access
> services in XP Pro, through XP Pro
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>> Frank wrote:
>>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>>
>> Not at all. I have exactly the same circumstances,
>> and I asked myself the same questions.
>>
>>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router
>>> Linksys WRT54GS 11g.
>>
>> Me, too.
>>
>>> Since the Desktop is
>>> hardwired to the router, does the wireless aspect of security
>>> (or lack of) still enter into the picture?
>>
>> Not exactly. What I mean is: someone "sniffing" the wireless
>> network signal should not see bits that are transmitted over
>> the wired connection, even though it is the same subnet. With
>> one caveat: any broadcasts over the wired connection might
>> appear on the wireless signal. But HTTPS traffic is unicast.
>>
>> But as someone else pointed out, someone might be able to
>> send packets to your wired computer over the wireless network.
>> I suspect that XP Pro is more vulnerable than XP Home. I
>> believe that XP Pro supports some remote access protocols.
>> I don't know if XP Home does.
>>
>> (I have not yet experimented to see which remote access
>> protocols, if any, I can disable with my firewall, and the
>> system will continue to function properly.)
>>
>>> I am so very paranoid of this wireless stuff
>>
>> As you should be.
>>
>>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless
>>> security, is this good enough?
>>
>> IMHO, it is. I presume you took the following precautions,
>> at least: chose a non-default and clever password for the
>> Linksys admin; chose a non-default SSID name; chose Passphrase
>> authetication, at least, and chose a clever Passphrase; disabled
>> SSID broadcast. Someone else mentioned MAC address filtering.
>> I did not want to go that far, since I have visitors who want
>> to use the network.
>>
>
>

Ok Fine. I guess we all interpet things differently. I just have had this
experience somewhere else and I thought it was crap. Never got over it. I
guess I was tainted. I'm over it now!
Thank you Fred for your inputFrank
"Fitz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:G13he.40046$(E-Mail Removed) om...
> It seems like Fred gave good advice in his reply. I didn't see anything
> smartass about it. He answered your questions and made suggestions.
>
>
> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks Joeu
>> Why do people (mainly Fred) who have the knowledge to answer a question
>> feel they have to give a smartass answer before the actual answer? Sorry
>> if my question wasn't up to standards. Ask me a question about digital
>> recording and you'll get an answer, not some smartass crap first.Again
>> Fred!
>> Anyway, I do have wap capable hardware, but from these answers I think I
>> may send it all back to newegg. And you CAN disable all the remote access
>> services in XP Pro, through XP Pro
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>>>
>>> Not at all. I have exactly the same circumstances,
>>> and I asked myself the same questions.
>>>
>>>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router
>>>> Linksys WRT54GS 11g.
>>>
>>> Me, too.
>>>
>>>> Since the Desktop is
>>>> hardwired to the router, does the wireless aspect of security
>>>> (or lack of) still enter into the picture?
>>>
>>> Not exactly. What I mean is: someone "sniffing" the wireless
>>> network signal should not see bits that are transmitted over
>>> the wired connection, even though it is the same subnet. With
>>> one caveat: any broadcasts over the wired connection might
>>> appear on the wireless signal. But HTTPS traffic is unicast.
>>>
>>> But as someone else pointed out, someone might be able to
>>> send packets to your wired computer over the wireless network.
>>> I suspect that XP Pro is more vulnerable than XP Home. I
>>> believe that XP Pro supports some remote access protocols.
>>> I don't know if XP Home does.
>>>
>>> (I have not yet experimented to see which remote access
>>> protocols, if any, I can disable with my firewall, and the
>>> system will continue to function properly.)
>>>
>>>> I am so very paranoid of this wireless stuff
>>>
>>> As you should be.
>>>
>>>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless
>>>> security, is this good enough?
>>>
>>> IMHO, it is. I presume you took the following precautions,
>>> at least: chose a non-default and clever password for the
>>> Linksys admin; chose a non-default SSID name; chose Passphrase
>>> authetication, at least, and chose a clever Passphrase; disabled
>>> SSID broadcast. Someone else mentioned MAC address filtering.
>>> I did not want to go that far, since I have visitors who want
>>> to use the network.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks, I guess their is no Sure fire answer to: is it possible to be
totally secure(secure as no home wireless network) and do online banking. I
protect and monitor my computer with care and determination. I use zone
alrm, NAV, spwareguard (free, fabulous program) and adware professional. I
run spybot frequently. I have not had a problem at all since I started this
serious approach (about 3 years) This is part of the reason I am so paranoid
about wireless in my home?
thanks again to all who replied, it's greatly appreciated
Frank

"Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> Bear in mind that though the same word Security is used to describe Secure
> Internet Connection and Secure Wireless from a Computer functioning
> perspective there is No relation between the two.
> Wireless Security has Nothing to do with securing the Internet Connection.
> Wireless is just a replacement for a Wire and thus can be intercepted by
> people in the neighborhood attaching them self to your Signal and use your
> LAN and your LAN's Internet Connection. To avoid Local Tapping there are
> Wireless Security measures. These measures are unique to the Wireless
> components, and have to be used even if there is No Internet Connection.
> These short pages describe the basic principles of functional Wireless
> Security.
> Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
> WEP, WPA, and the Future - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
> Network Segregation - http://www.ezlan.net/shield.html
> Internet Security.
> Cable/DSL Router Hardware NAT and Firewall/AntiVirus/AntiSpy applications
> are the ones that protect the Internet connection from being
> invaded/infested, and preventing your LAN computers (Wired and Wireless)
> from transmitting out to the Internet privileged information.
> All the computers (as a Network) would have basic Internet protection by
> using a Cable/DSL Router. In addition, each computer on your Network that
> has access to the Internet should have its own Internet Connection
> protection regardless of whether it uses Wire or Wireless.
> Internet -Basic protection: http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html
> Assemble Freeware Security suit for Internet Connection:
> http://www.ezlan.net/security.html
> In addition you should have tools available to clean your computers if
> they
> get Infested with Internet "Junk".
> Internet Infestation: http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html
> Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk" - http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hope I ask thios correctly.
>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS
> 11g.
>> If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my
> laptop.
>> then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa credit
> card
>> site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the wireless
> aspect
>> of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I am so very
> paranoid
>> of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my porch with my
>> laptop
>> some days(not going to credit card sites though, that's why I purchased
> the
>> router and the card.
>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is
> this
>> good enough?
>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>> Frank
>>
>>
>
>

No problem. There are some newsgroups where things really get out of hand
and results in name calling and threats. Some of those posts seem like they
go on forever like the energizer bunny. They just never stop once they get
going...they just get worse. In those posts, you can really tell a lot by a
person's vocabulary.


"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok Fine. I guess we all interpet things differently. I just have had this
> experience somewhere else and I thought it was crap. Never got over it. I
> guess I was tainted. I'm over it now!
> Thank you Fred for your inputFrank
> "Fitz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:G13he.40046$(E-Mail Removed) om...
>> It seems like Fred gave good advice in his reply. I didn't see anything
>> smartass about it. He answered your questions and made suggestions.
>>
>>
>> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Thanks Joeu
>>> Why do people (mainly Fred) who have the knowledge to answer a question
>>> feel they have to give a smartass answer before the actual answer? Sorry
>>> if my question wasn't up to standards. Ask me a question about digital
>>> recording and you'll get an answer, not some smartass crap first.Again
>>> Fred!
>>> Anyway, I do have wap capable hardware, but from these answers I think I
>>> may send it all back to newegg. And you CAN disable all the remote
>>> access services in XP Pro, through XP Pro
>>> Thanks,
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>>>>
>>>> Not at all. I have exactly the same circumstances,
>>>> and I asked myself the same questions.
>>>>
>>>>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router
>>>>> Linksys WRT54GS 11g.
>>>>
>>>> Me, too.
>>>>
>>>>> Since the Desktop is
>>>>> hardwired to the router, does the wireless aspect of security
>>>>> (or lack of) still enter into the picture?
>>>>
>>>> Not exactly. What I mean is: someone "sniffing" the wireless
>>>> network signal should not see bits that are transmitted over
>>>> the wired connection, even though it is the same subnet. With
>>>> one caveat: any broadcasts over the wired connection might
>>>> appear on the wireless signal. But HTTPS traffic is unicast.
>>>>
>>>> But as someone else pointed out, someone might be able to
>>>> send packets to your wired computer over the wireless network.
>>>> I suspect that XP Pro is more vulnerable than XP Home. I
>>>> believe that XP Pro supports some remote access protocols.
>>>> I don't know if XP Home does.
>>>>
>>>> (I have not yet experimented to see which remote access
>>>> protocols, if any, I can disable with my firewall, and the
>>>> system will continue to function properly.)
>>>>
>>>>> I am so very paranoid of this wireless stuff
>>>>
>>>> As you should be.
>>>>
>>>>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless
>>>>> security, is this good enough?
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, it is. I presume you took the following precautions,
>>>> at least: chose a non-default and clever password for the
>>>> Linksys admin; chose a non-default SSID name; chose Passphrase
>>>> authetication, at least, and chose a clever Passphrase; disabled
>>>> SSID broadcast. Someone else mentioned MAC address filtering.
>>>> I did not want to go that far, since I have visitors who want
>>>> to use the network.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I don't think it's possible to be totally secure in anything regarding
computers. You can make it so difficult for intruders that it's not worth
their time or energy. I also use a wireless setup. I have 4 computers (3
wireless). I use WEP 128 (have to use WEP 'cause one of the computers is
WIN98), MAC address filtering and DHCP set to give no more IP addresses than
the four that have been issued.

I also use various free monitoring tools to routinely scan my network to
make sure all is well. I have ports locked down except for the ones I need
open and I have strong passwords on everything. That said, I routinely use
online banking and brokerage services without qualms. I run virus scans
weekly along with scumware scans. I have had no problems but I'm still
alert.

Good luck


"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, I guess their is no Sure fire answer to: is it possible to be
> totally secure(secure as no home wireless network) and do online banking.
> I protect and monitor my computer with care and determination. I use zone
> alrm, NAV, spwareguard (free, fabulous program) and adware professional. I
> run spybot frequently. I have not had a problem at all since I started
> this serious approach (about 3 years) This is part of the reason I am so
> paranoid about wireless in my home?
> thanks again to all who replied, it's greatly appreciated
> Frank
>
> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>> Bear in mind that though the same word Security is used to describe
>> Secure
>> Internet Connection and Secure Wireless from a Computer functioning
>> perspective there is No relation between the two.
>> Wireless Security has Nothing to do with securing the Internet
>> Connection.
>> Wireless is just a replacement for a Wire and thus can be intercepted by
>> people in the neighborhood attaching them self to your Signal and use
>> your
>> LAN and your LAN's Internet Connection. To avoid Local Tapping there are
>> Wireless Security measures. These measures are unique to the Wireless
>> components, and have to be used even if there is No Internet Connection.
>> These short pages describe the basic principles of functional Wireless
>> Security.
>> Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
>> WEP, WPA, and the Future - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
>> Network Segregation - http://www.ezlan.net/shield.html
>> Internet Security.
>> Cable/DSL Router Hardware NAT and Firewall/AntiVirus/AntiSpy applications
>> are the ones that protect the Internet connection from being
>> invaded/infested, and preventing your LAN computers (Wired and Wireless)
>> from transmitting out to the Internet privileged information.
>> All the computers (as a Network) would have basic Internet protection by
>> using a Cable/DSL Router. In addition, each computer on your Network
>> that
>> has access to the Internet should have its own Internet Connection
>> protection regardless of whether it uses Wire or Wireless.
>> Internet -Basic protection: http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html
>> Assemble Freeware Security suit for Internet Connection:
>> http://www.ezlan.net/security.html
>> In addition you should have tools available to clean your computers if
>> they
>> get Infested with Internet "Junk".
>> Internet Infestation: http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html
>> Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk" - http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hope I ask thios correctly.
>>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS
>> 11g.
>>> If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my
>> laptop.
>>> then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa credit
>> card
>>> site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the wireless
>> aspect
>>> of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I am so very
>> paranoid
>>> of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my porch with my
>>> laptop
>>> some days(not going to credit card sites though, that's why I purchased
>> the
>>> router and the card.
>>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is
>> this
>>> good enough?
>>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks much Fitz, I will endeavor to do the same. I have no problem being
alert, I am somewhat neurotic when it comes to safety and security, I
consider that a good thing in this day and age, sad as it is!
regards
Frank

"Fitz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:T26he.25533$(E-Mail Removed) om...
>I don't think it's possible to be totally secure in anything regarding
>computers. You can make it so difficult for intruders that it's not worth
>their time or energy. I also use a wireless setup. I have 4 computers (3
>wireless). I use WEP 128 (have to use WEP 'cause one of the computers is
>WIN98), MAC address filtering and DHCP set to give no more IP addresses
>than the four that have been issued.
>
> I also use various free monitoring tools to routinely scan my network to
> make sure all is well. I have ports locked down except for the ones I
> need open and I have strong passwords on everything. That said, I
> routinely use online banking and brokerage services without qualms. I run
> virus scans weekly along with scumware scans. I have had no problems but
> I'm still alert.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks, I guess their is no Sure fire answer to: is it possible to be
>> totally secure(secure as no home wireless network) and do online banking.
>> I protect and monitor my computer with care and determination. I use zone
>> alrm, NAV, spwareguard (free, fabulous program) and adware professional.
>> I run spybot frequently. I have not had a problem at all since I started
>> this serious approach (about 3 years) This is part of the reason I am so
>> paranoid about wireless in my home?
>> thanks again to all who replied, it's greatly appreciated
>> Frank
>>
>> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>> Bear in mind that though the same word Security is used to describe
>>> Secure
>>> Internet Connection and Secure Wireless from a Computer functioning
>>> perspective there is No relation between the two.
>>> Wireless Security has Nothing to do with securing the Internet
>>> Connection.
>>> Wireless is just a replacement for a Wire and thus can be intercepted by
>>> people in the neighborhood attaching them self to your Signal and use
>>> your
>>> LAN and your LAN's Internet Connection. To avoid Local Tapping there
>>> are
>>> Wireless Security measures. These measures are unique to the Wireless
>>> components, and have to be used even if there is No Internet Connection.
>>> These short pages describe the basic principles of functional Wireless
>>> Security.
>>> Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
>>> WEP, WPA, and the Future - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
>>> Network Segregation - http://www.ezlan.net/shield.html
>>> Internet Security.
>>> Cable/DSL Router Hardware NAT and Firewall/AntiVirus/AntiSpy
>>> applications
>>> are the ones that protect the Internet connection from being
>>> invaded/infested, and preventing your LAN computers (Wired and Wireless)
>>> from transmitting out to the Internet privileged information.
>>> All the computers (as a Network) would have basic Internet protection by
>>> using a Cable/DSL Router. In addition, each computer on your Network
>>> that
>>> has access to the Internet should have its own Internet Connection
>>> protection regardless of whether it uses Wire or Wireless.
>>> Internet -Basic protection: http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html
>>> Assemble Freeware Security suit for Internet Connection:
>>> http://www.ezlan.net/security.html
>>> In addition you should have tools available to clean your computers if
>>> they
>>> get Infested with Internet "Junk".
>>> Internet Infestation: http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html
>>> Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk" -
>>> http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html
>>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Hope I ask thios correctly.
>>>> If I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router Linksys WRT54GS
>>> 11g.
>>>> If I hardwire my desktop and use the wireless card (linksys) for my
>>> laptop.
>>>> then I use my desktop(hardwired) when I log into , say, my visa credit
>>> card
>>>> site. Since the Desktop is hardwired to the router, does the wireless
>>> aspect
>>>> of security (or lack of) still enter into the picture? I am so very
>>> paranoid
>>>> of this wireless stuff, but I would love to sit on my porch with my
>>>> laptop
>>>> some days(not going to credit card sites though, that's why I purchased
>>> the
>>>> router and the card.
>>>> I can follow all the stuff I read and find about wireless security, is
>>> this
>>>> good enough?
>>>> Thanks, weird question I guess
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>