Networking & wireless: TOTALLY CONFUSED about wi-fi security! Please help!...

I forgot to mention A White Hat is a MVP

I have very basic knowledge as it pertains to Modem/Router Security protocols though I'am able to do at least a few things.The Link to the ten minute bust is a bit intimidating however and I wish to emphasis however ten minutes can a lifetime make.Though WEP(Wired Equivalent Privacy)is an optional IEEE 802.11b(aka Wi-Fi,or Wireless Fidelity)feature designed to offer privacy equivalent to that of a wired LAN.According to the standards,WEP uses the RC4 encryption algorithm with a 40-bit key,although a 128-bit key also may be used.The film did indicate that WEP has been proven to easy to break and though WPA was designed to replace it,WPA is solid footing providing your wise enough to ensure a strong password.I would'nt hesitate to increase my routers security settings if indeed WPA(Wi-Fi Protected Access)was available.I'am not very fond of people who brake off antennas,sort of reminds me of a time ago when real street toughs use to do those kind of things and even more so there did not here in this question move into a better informed position.This entire field is demanding and even complex.There are any number of subjects that can really become lucid and extended conversations that if qualified will yield critical data as to the ways of wireless fidelity however I detect a different idea and I'am unsure as to this comment beyond a point of no uncertain truth.I will recommend something for the question as such and that one of the credits to be applied pertains to some of the great websites and great events that these communities provide.For better than 1 1/2years the web site of grc.com has been home of the SecurityNow Series of broadcasts in which Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation aka grc.com is interviewed about everything from Security and the internet to the Personal Computer.He has a stalwart friend in media consultant Leo Laporte and the two have since August of 2005 talked for times of upwards of nearly 90 minutes but certainly no less than perhaps 30-45 minutes on everything that has been discussed here and then some.There is nothing that you need to do outside of listen and if you wish you can download,even print out the entire discussion.This is sort of a starting point but by the time one security now broadcast is done naive you will be no more.It is intelligent and informative and there are literally many of his broadcasts that all that these questions here provide he has discussed in depth and very carefully.There is even an ability to ask a question through a suggestion box and so on.I would recommend to become a subscriber and make it mandatory to listen to whatever particular broadcast you wish to listen to because they,each and everyone is available to be listened to as if it was August 2005.There is no charge and all that the SecurityNow broadcasts offer is provided NON-GRATIS(no charge)It is to me a real reason why there is a computer in every home because there are real hero's out there in the world of Personal Computing.One of them happens to be Steve Gibson of grc.com.While your there check out your firewall and if there is any cause greater than the Hard Disc Drive on our PC.I would recommend Spinrite6 for Hard Drive Maintenance.