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skyblueheroes · 29-07-2005, 08:54

I've been running a Wireless Netgear ADSL router for a while, but my main home PC is wired.

But, my work laptop is wireless and I've always had no probs using it on my network when the router was not secured.

I added WEP security a couple of days ago, and whilst there is no difference on the desktop (I wouldn't expect there to be), I have noticed a big change in speed of browsing on the laptop. You select a page, and it hang at 0% for a while until it loads the page all in one go.

I'm on 512 and it takes about 20-30 secs for bbc which is way too slow and much slower than it used to be unsecured.

Should I bother with WEP as I've not noticed anyone using it or connecting to it ?

29-07-2005, 08:54	#1
skyblueheroes Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Coventry Age: 48 Services: Sky+ & Pipex 8mb ADSL Posts: 2,794	Would Running WEP Slow Browsing ? I've been running a Wireless Netgear ADSL router for a while, but my main home PC is wired. But, my work laptop is wireless and I've always had no probs using it on my network when the router was not secured. I added WEP security a couple of days ago, and whilst there is no difference on the desktop (I wouldn't expect there to be), I have noticed a big change in speed of browsing on the laptop. You select a page, and it hang at 0% for a while until it loads the page all in one go. I'm on 512 and it takes about 20-30 secs for bbc which is way too slow and much slower than it used to be unsecured. Should I bother with WEP as I've not noticed anyone using it or connecting to it ?