<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by skofarrell:
My home AP isn't protected. I don't want the overhead of WEP (which causes a performance hit). My PCs are running current patched XP with a software firewall, so its remote that you're getting in. I could care less if someone wanted to use my cable company's bandwidth. And from what I've read, hacking WEP is pretty trivial for someone that really wants to get in.
Our Work AP's aren't protected either, but the hitch is that they are all attached to our "bastion" subnet, which is where our internet/external servers sit. To use wireless, you have to VPN in, even though you're in the building. Again, I think out telecom guys aren't concerned if someone wants to use it for some freeloading surfing.
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A performance drop is only an issue if you are networking more pc's. If all you do is wireless broadband then the drop won't be noticable as I presume you don't have an 11mbit cable/dsl???