WEP / WPA problems


Hello, everyone. This is my first time in a forum. The reason I'm here
is due to a rather heated discussion I had this evening with my teenage
son. I just purchased a new Dell desktop and was configuring the
Netgear router. I have learned that WPA is more secure than WEP, so
that's what I set it for. My son informed me that the last time I did
this, it ruined his gaming experience on his Alien gaming computer (both
computers run XP Home, SP2). He says that even having it on WEP slows
and even halts some of his games and causes "problems" with his
computer. He claims that no one can tap into our computers since they
don't have the password to the router, adding that they haven't been
able to hack into our computers in the two years that we've had no
secure encryption. And even if they did, they couldn't get into his
computer (he said my computer, which is directly connected to the
internet, would be safe). He showed me the routers in the area that we
can tap into and noted that we can't get into their computers. Please
help. If I truly need WPA, how can I configure it so that it won't
cause problems on my son's computer? Somehow, I think he's wrong about
people not being able to hack into our computers. I know a lot about
computers, can take them apart, etc., but wireless issues are rather
foreign to me. Thanks for any help you can provide. I'll eat dirt if
I'm wrong! I do tend to be overcautious. :confused:


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