Special Notes for Wireless Networking
If you’re setting up a wireless network, you must enable WEP or WPA encryption to protect your network from unexpected use by random strangers. People connecting to your wireless network appear to Windows to be part of your own LAN and are trusted accordingly.
To learn more about setting up a secure wireless network, see “Installing a Wireless Network,” p. 392.
If you really want to provide free access to your broadband connection as a public service, provide it using a second, unsecured wireless router plugged into your network, as shown in Figure 19.3. Use a different channel number and SSID from the ones ...
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