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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1199097" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>I'm afraid WEP or nothing are you're only Ad-Hoc network options.</p><p></p><p>If you only have internet connection sharing enabled you have mitigated against the chance of anyone gaining access to other parts of your Mac but that's not to say running without security is advisable. I guess a lot of it depends on what enviroment you're in and how valuable your data connection and system security are to you.</p><p></p><p>If you're in a home/hotel environment you could by a cheap network hub, connect the machines together with ethernet cable and share the connection that way rather than wifi.</p><p></p><p>Another thought that's just occured (apologies for the random brain dumping . . )...</p><p></p><p>You could install the dongle on the Vista PC and create an adhoc network on that. Vista supports WPA2-PSK security for ad-hoc networks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1199097, member: 38928"] I'm afraid WEP or nothing are you're only Ad-Hoc network options. If you only have internet connection sharing enabled you have mitigated against the chance of anyone gaining access to other parts of your Mac but that's not to say running without security is advisable. I guess a lot of it depends on what enviroment you're in and how valuable your data connection and system security are to you. If you're in a home/hotel environment you could by a cheap network hub, connect the machines together with ethernet cable and share the connection that way rather than wifi. Another thought that's just occured (apologies for the random brain dumping . . )... You could install the dongle on the Vista PC and create an adhoc network on that. Vista supports WPA2-PSK security for ad-hoc networks [/QUOTE]
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