Reply #13: Just get a router

[Gore1FL]

You can pick up a Linksys for for $50-$60 bucks. If the PC you are buying is new, then it probabvaly already has a wireless interface in it. If not, you can pick a USB one for $20 with a quick check in google shopping.

Change the SSID to something other than Linksys and make sure you set the wireless up with WPA or WP2 security, set a long password with numbers and mixed upper and lower case (you only have to type it a couple of times)-- ie:

1R3allyd0n0tl1k3R3publ1can50n3b1t

Make sure his PC is set to connect een if the router is not broadcasting.

Once everything is set up, turn off the "Broadcast SSID" and perhaps turn on MAC address filtering and only allow his PC.

No one will see the network name, no one will know the password, and no other card can get in unless someone knows the right MAC and reconfigures their own to match.


You'll be pretty secure.