Basic WiFi Security for Vista

Can anyone help me? I need some basic advice about how to secure my
WiFi with Vista.

My motherboard came with WiFi included. All I've done is installed the
wifi driver recomended for Vista and plug the Wifi antenae into the
mother board and WiFi now seems to work. The problem is that it seems
completely unsecured. I was able to connect with my mobile device
without having to give a password.

I've tried looking for security advice on the net but all the advice
seems to assume you have a wireless router which I don't have.

Any help would appreciated, even if it's only advice about where to
start looking.

The motherboard is an Asus A8V-E Deluxe.

John Kinkade wrote:
> Can anyone help me? I need some basic advice about how to secure my
> WiFi with Vista.

Please don't use the words "secure" or "security" in the same sentence as "Vista". It makes me begin
to giggle uncontrollably.

On 20 Apr 2007 03:42:40 -0700, John Kinkade <g.lee2323@ntlworld.com>
wrote in <1177065760.410026.181140@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>:

>Can anyone help me? I need some basic advice about how to secure my
>WiFi with Vista.
>
>My motherboard came with WiFi included. All I've done is installed the
>wifi driver recomended for Vista and plug the Wifi antenae into the
>mother board and WiFi now seems to work. The problem is that it seems
>completely unsecured. I was able to connect with my mobile device
>without having to give a password.
>
>I've tried looking for security advice on the net but all the advice
>seems to assume you have a wireless router which I don't have.
>
>Any help would appreciated, even if it's only advice about where to
>start looking.

Start looking in the wikis below. When using open Wi-Fi, you need VPN
to provide security.

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Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

the_bmac wrote:
> John Kinkade wrote:
>> Can anyone help me? I need some basic advice about how to secure my
>> WiFi with Vista.
>
> Please don't use the words "secure" or "security" in the same sentence
> as "Vista". It makes me begin to giggle uncontrollably.

Yeah I almost pissed my pants laughing so hard ;)