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By encrypting the information between a computer and the wireless access point. Several methods are available of which WPA and WPA2 are now the most common

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# Harder to secure.


How can you recognize an unsecured wireless network?

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.


How do you connect your laptop to a wireless network that your computer is using?

Right click on the wireless adapter choose "View available wireless networks". After that just double click on the network which you want to connect to. If you want to connect to a secure network you have to know the security key which you have to enter before you will be able to use the secure wireless network.


Where can one find information on how to secure one's wireless network?

Information on how to secure a wireless network can be found online on various sites including Microsoft, Lenovo and GeekSquad. Other sites providing this information are Kaspersky Lab, HowStuffWorks and WikiHow.


I connect to a free unsecure wireless network connection from my house. Can people in the network read and copy my personal files If one of the computers hooked to it gets a virus, will I too?

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What is the least secure and if possible should NOT be used on a network?

Unsecured wireless network without MAC filter.


Where on the computer do you find out why you have this message Your computer is connected to a network that is not trusted?

If you have wireless, that is not secure.


When you secure a wireless network using MAC address filtering is data sent over the network secure?

To make it secure you have to use encryption which is available in almost all routers.


Does adding a wireless router to a computer make the internet wireless?

You can't add wireless router to your computer. You can a wireless router to your network. If you do so, it does make your network wireless. In order to use your network wirelessly you need to have wireless adapter for all your computers you want to be connected wireless.


Is there a way to create a secure wireless network within your apartment using the free wireless internet as the access point?

Nope!


How do you make my wireless network secure?

Log into your router, enter the system password and secure your stuff. 192.168.1.1 <--- type this into your Ip address bar. Not working? Try the ones below. 192.168.0.1 192.168.1.254


What is ar5007eg wireless network adapter?

It connects to your computer to make it wireless.