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[Plant42]

Er, it doesn't "get" better security, it lets you connect to more secure networks. Most DS games (and when played on a DS/DS Lite, all DS games) can only connect to WEP (out-dated and easily circimvented) encrypted or unencrypted networks. Apparently B/W and B2/W2 support networks with WPA and WPA2 encryption, which are significantly more secure (particularly WPA2).

btw, as someone with multiple wireless devices, you should probably know a little about network security. >.>

Why is security important for playing Pokémon online? What can someone gain by circumventing or viewing unencrypted data of your pokeymawn battles?

[EP]

Why is security important for playing Pokémon online? What can someone gain by circumventing or viewing unencrypted data of your pokeymawn battles?

I think it's more that if you set your router to WPA then only WPA can connect to it, and if you set it to WEP only WEP can connect to it. So if you want your laptop to use WPA you have to have everything else use WPA. (This may not be the case with newer routers but that's what I remember).

[Prime]

I think it's more that if you set your router to WPA then only WPA can connect to it, and if you set it to WEP only WEP can connect to it. So if you want your laptop to use WPA you have to have everything else use WPA. (This may not be the case with newer routers but that's what I remember).

Yeah, exactly. It has nothing to do with you Pokémon's security and everything to do with your entire network's security.

You're right though, with a lot of newer routers you can setup a guest network with limited access and different security settings - or you could even just set up a second router (before I found out the WPA2 on 3DS thing I was actually going to set up my old router with a white list).

[Plant42]

I think it's more that if you set your router to WPA then only WPA can connect to it, and if you set it to WEP only WEP can connect to it. So if you want your laptop to use WPA you have to have everything else use WPA. (This may not be the case with newer routers but that's what I remember).

So the benefit is really about having a new form of WiFi connection that most fags don't have yet so there are fewer moochers out there that can try to ride your dick for free? I thought that's what Passwords were for... or is the point that WEP Passcodes are puss-easy to bypass nowadays and that's why you want WPA shit?

[Prime]

So the benefit is really about having a new form of WiFi connection that most fags don't have yet so there are fewer moochers out there that can try to ride your dick for free? I thought that's what Passwords were for... or is the point that WEP Passcodes are puss-easy to bypass nowadays and that's why you want WPA shit?

It's not a "form of WiFi connection", and it's not exactly new either (and the adoption rate has nothing to do with it). WEP, WPA, and WPA2 are forms of network encryption for wireless networks. Your latter idea is the correct one. WEP is broken and its use is depreciated (WPA2 is meant to completely replace it). Generally speaking it wouldn't be the worst thing for your network to use WEP - many people don't encrypt the networks at all so anyone meaning to mooch off of your connection will often be able to just use someone else's that's unencrypted - but it is still certainly far from ideal. All it takes is a little script kiddie down the street thinking it's funny to screw with your network or "teach you a lesson" about poor security habits.

[Plant42]

. All it takes is a little script kiddie down the street thinking it's funny to screw with your network or "teach you a lesson" about poor security habits.

What damage exactly can they do by getting access to my unsecured WiFi, mooching off my Internet? I don't think they can do any harm to my computer just because I connect mine to the same router, but I guess that's prolly wrong?

[Prime]

What damage exactly can they do by getting access to my unsecured WiFi, mooching off my Internet? I don't think they can do any harm to my computer just because I connect mine to the same router, but I guess that's prolly wrong?

Someone could potentially spy on your network and steal information like passwords or credit card info, and depending on how your network is setup they could view files on your networked devices, as well as screwing with various settings and what-not (a friend of a friend logged into someone's network down the street from where we were, changed their printer settings to print at 72pt font with high contrast and the set a password on the printer). To be honest we're about at the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

[Blackskullgreymon]

Yeah, but let's pretend it was only about mooching off your Internet.  My friend got called up by the FBI for sharing movies illegally, and as it turns out it was their neighbor.  They were able to catch the guy so, yay, but often you'll get guys that just drive around in vans and are basically untrackable.