Wireless connection... on my laptop i am picking up other networks other than my own..my connection says ?

Question

security WEP the other two i am picking up says unsecured. obviously i only connect via mine, but can these other connections access my connection? and if so am i security secure?

Answer 1

I suggest you change to WPA 2, of course if your computer supports it since WEP is easy to crack.

Answer 2

not without hacking. wep is easy to crack.

Answer 3

Set your router to not broadcast the SSID. It's not a big deal but it will help not having you show up on other people's stuff without them really being hackers.

Answer 4

How on earth will you be able to crack a wepkey?

If you are picking up your own router signal then the signal strength on your laptop will be normally 5 lines then that means it is a strong signal.

If it isn't a strong signal strength then your picking up somebody else signal. If you be able to connect to somebody else signal without a problem then their router isn't secured.

Answer 5

if  you connect - i guess yes

in the advanced wireless security of the windows wireless utility are settings

connect to preferred networks only - check that

there is some setting - connect to non preferred networks ( or something like that ) uncheck that

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windo...

http://www.tr.tcu.edu/images/wireless_xp...

make sure this is unchecked

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/u...

Answer 6

If your WAP is secure, then there is no problem.

It's your neighbours who have the problem!