new D-link wireless user for home use

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Those questions are outside the scope of this group. I suggest you post to the D-Link forums over on
DSL Reports...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/dlink

....and the MS wireless news group for Windows related issues...

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

IMHO, WEP/WPA should be used if your systems support it...

You may be interested in this article by Barb Bowman, MS-MVP...

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP [...] july28.asp

Good luck...

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"Nick Sebring" <marine_hm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0EEA0354-96C0-4AC0-B8A6-683E6388AA99@microsoft.com...
>I recently installed a D-Link 802.11G wireless router on my main computer and 802.11b PCI card on
>my sons computer. I was happy to be up and running with minimal effort. Maybe 11 clicks
>alltogether.
>
> Now that everything is up and running, I have a few questions.
>
> 1. Firmware? What exactly is it and do I need it?
> 2. WEP/WPA? Should I be concerned? If so, how do I set it up so both computers are still
> conected?