Wireless router?

I just recently purchased a wireless router for my 2 kids' I-pod touch. But I heard because it is wireless, anyone can retreive information if you shop online, etc. And because I do some on-line banking, do I have to unplug my router to do online banking?|||no. whats the diffence? anyone can see your information whether you have a router or not, as long as they know how and where to look for it. if your router is configured correctly and has a good security encryption (WPA2 is better than WEP) then people cant get into your network, unless they are good hackers, and retrieve your information that way. so, while there is a little more of a security hazard having a wireless network, its not much of a difference if it has good security on it. and when doing banking, the banks website has added securtiy encryptions to keep hackers or people who want your info from getting it. so theres really no added danger when doing that, unless you didnt set up the wireless security right.





so no, dont unplug your router to do online banking.|||Your wireless router, if configured properly should be send data in secure encrypted packets.|||You will have to secure the network using a secure encryption method such as WEP. Your wireless router may of come with instructions to do this. This will provide a secure connection so noone else can gain access to the connection without the security key|||The instruction manual that came with the router should have instructions that will set up encryption for the router. Be sure you've assigned a password to your wireless network.|||You MUST set up encryption on any wireless router. This is explain fully in it's manual. If you do not any packets from or to the wireless machines can be read by anybody with a wireless computer. This includes user names, emails, sites visited and clear text passwords. Use 128 BIT WEP, or use WPA. People tell you that WEP is no good, for normal home networks it is fine, it is not worth the time trying to crack it when there are so many unsecured networks available. Use it if you can not get WPA working on every machine, but prefer WPA with a difficult passphrase.