Wireless Internet Connection Questions

[maui_hawaii]

I have a wireless network connection in my home.

I bought a Linksys wireless router and it works fine (the wireless part) (except my cable provider stinks). My questions are about configuring the network, security features, etc. Right now I am running right out of the box.

I am interested in learning what all the bells and whistles are.

Most importantly I want to know about the security features and all that.

Here are some of the words or lingo I have no idea about:

Network Authentication
Data Encryption
WEP
WPA
WPA-PSK
AES
TKIP
Shared
Open
ad-hoc network
IEEE authentication
protected EAP

This is just a start. I have no idea about what any of those terms mean.

How should I configure my wireless network?

What is an IP adress and a subnet mask?

Anyone willing to have a discussion on this topic?

[maui_hawaii]

Alright!!!! It worked (I think)...good job!

I will play around with it until I have all the bugs worked out...

But as for now it seems to be working great...

[Fixit]

Once you enable WEP the AP will only communicate with wireless devices that have been loaded with the same encryption key, so be careful setting this up, you wouldn't want to leave any devices "stranded" without access.

[nutmeg]

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