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i have dlink and there are 2 people round by me are on there computers which made my signal low my says security enabled wireless network theres say (wpa) after theres but mine dont what does that mean..cheers

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  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Please use punctuation, you are giving me a headache.

    Maybe you wouldn't understand our replies if we wrote in the same way.

    Make the effort. :) You're not sending a text message, you have a keyboard.

    Don't take offence now.
  • It means that their networks are secured by WPA ([SIZE=-1]WiFi Protected Access) and yours is not. You are probably only using WEP encryption.
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  • cazxx1
    cazxx1 Posts: 433 Forumite
    Is That Ok Then Wep Cheers
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    The other signals that you can see, should only affect you if they are on the same channel (1-13). Change yours to a clear channel and also change it to use WPA-PSK wireless encryption, as it is much more secure.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cazxx1 wrote: »
    Is That Ok Then Wep Cheers

    Somehow I don't think capitalising every single word is what Donnie meant by punctuation. :rolleyes:
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
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