You con not be totally secure on any network, secured or unsecured. There is always someone out there that would "love to show us what we don't know about computers". Not my words, someone else's that I used to work with. However, you can be relatively secure. You can use SSL. You can use a secured VPN. You can ... It hard to quantify security. Is it 99%? Is it 99.997%? It comes down to safe practices - Updated OS - Current Antivirus - not doing unsafe things.
Here are ways to secure a password:
You need to set security for your wireless network using the router's setting. When choosing type of security make sure that you choose WPA at least.
In order to change setting for your wireless connection you need to log in your router. And go in wireless settings -> security. Then choose type of security you need, choose the password. When choosing type of security make sure that your computers support it. Most of wireless adapters work just fine with WPA, newer ones can work with WPA2. Apply/Save settings, after that you router will reboot. You will have to enter a password if you want to connect to your network.
One of the easiest ways is to make it password protected, but there are also various ways to "secure" a network.
Go to Settings and click Control Panel and then click Wireless Network Setup or Network Connections. There you should find all your answers and more.
-Hope this helps
Ilyaman
If you go on a wireless network that isn't secure it doesn't require a password to get on. Starbucks is a perfect example of a unsecured wireless network.
Unsecured wireless network without MAC filter.
You initially secure the unsecured properties by verifying the owner of that particular property.
A person does not need a website to find unsecured wireless networks in an area. Just opening the Wireless Network Connection page on a laptop will show the wireless networks that are in range. If there is no closed lock next to the name of the network, then it is not secure.
You should do a FAFSA on a secured network because of the private and sensitive information that is included on the FAFSA. You should look to see if you see "https" before the web address to make sure that it is secure. If you do not have access to a secure network, you can also print a paper application and mail it in.
An air gap is a network security measure consisting of ensuring a secure computer network is isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network.
It wireless network settings choose "do not broadcast SSID", activate security for wireless networks. It's better for you if use WPA at least.
Secure Network was created in 2004.
The rule generally is connect to an unsecured wireless network at your own risk. The security risk to your privacy and device are high. Its not advisable at all
Broadband internet access can be found wherever a network has been setup. Some may be secure and require a password but unsecured networks can be logged into directly.
It means that no big effort has been expended to protect the network against intruders.
If you do not set password for your wireless network you will get unsecured network. If you mean that you want use your router to connect to another unsecured wireless network and create so called "bridge" the answer is yes. But! Router from different manufactures usually do not work together in the bridge configuration. There are some exceptions but just few.