Signals and Routers

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I don't know what happend to my other post, but you guys helped, and I
appreciate the assistance.

I have another question to pose ...
My son has his desktop pc ...
We recieve our internet through our cable company ( COMCAST ).
I have the major modem on mine, and the cable runs through a router from my
machine to his .. He has a "conector" pluged into the house current and to
his pc.
My wife's laptop receives her access on it's own .. from the household
"floating in air" signal.
We followed the "secret signal" to protect her pc. There is a selection
point on her Vista that indicates that setting.
That got me to wondering ... I can understand the connection to hers being
"scrambled", but, after a year or so, is my desktop and my son's desktop
sending and receiving our "unscrambled" connection ??
With the main modem and the router, is that a feature that is "built in" ?

Once again, thanks for any help appreciated.

---25or6to4---
 
What security option is the router set to? If it is WEP I would certainly
consider c hanging it to WPA-PSK which has higher security, especially for
the wireless connection. If it i set to 'disable' then you are unprotected.
If it is set to WEP or WPA the you do have encrypted protection.

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I don't know what happend to my other post, but you guys helped, and I
appreciate the assistance.

I have another question to pose ...
My son has his desktop pc ...
We recieve our internet through our cable company ( COMCAST ).
I have the major modem on mine, and the cable runs through a router from my
machine to his .. He has a "conector" pluged into the house current and to
his pc.
My wife's laptop receives her access on it's own .. from the household
"floating in air" signal.
We followed the "secret signal" to protect her pc. There is a selection
point on her Vista that indicates that setting.
That got me to wondering ... I can understand the connection to hers being
"scrambled", but, after a year or so, is my desktop and my son's desktop
sending and receiving our "unscrambled" connection ??
With the main modem and the router, is that a feature that is "built in" ?

Once again, thanks for any help appreciated.

---25or6to4---
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Over the Air signals are wireless and you need to have is "scrambled"
so no one outside of your "home" network can gain "sensitive" info
(banking.) Your two other PCs use "cable" which is secured "path"
between the PC and router.
 
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