dangerous??

I recently saw another computer not on my network on my
device list in the broadband utility. Is that dangerous? I
changed from no security to an encryption and removed it
from the list. I don't have file sharing enabled, just
curious- kinda freaked me out.

Hi,

If your wireless base station didn't have wep security and didn't have any
MAC filtering then it would be very easy for other users to gain access to
your network.

Enabling 128bit encryption will deter most users but this doesn't guarantee
that a very determined user will be locked out.
Adding MAC filtering will also help.

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp

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"Legion" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:16e5a01c44848$6cbe6a00$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently saw another computer not on my network on my
> device list in the broadband utility. Is that dangerous? I
> changed from no security to an encryption and removed it
> from the list. I don't have file sharing enabled, just
> curious- kinda freaked me out.