Like any other complicated question, the answer is going to be "it depends". Good information from Stewart.
Here is my summary: 1. Security protection mechanisms need to be weighed against risk. 1.a. If there are sophisticated people nearby who might want to use your wireless network (maybe you are in an apartment building with lots of computer users, next to a college dorm, or have other concerns, then you need more protection. And it is not just using your network, but seeing the traffic going by, like bank passwords and accounts. The latest WPA is probably required, then. 1.b. If there isn't much nearby, and you don't worry about people parking near your house with laptops to capture your data, then WEP is probably good enough. 2. As others have already noted, you can only have one security mechanism per household router. 2.a. If you end up only needing WEP, you should be able to connect your handheld and your laptop to the same wireless router using WEP. 2.b. If you need WEP for the handheld and WPA for the laptop, then you will need two wireless routers, one for each. 3. My handheld with Windows Mobile (don't like it much, but can live with it) has a section on setting up an Internet connection. You may have to type in the hex characters directly. I set up the WEP on the router, cut and paste from the web interface into a document, then put the document on the SD card for the handheld. Then cut-and-pasted it from there. But this doesn't always work. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
