Currently, my wireless access is not password protected. So ANYBODY in the general area around my house, can just log on under my account and use up my "time."
How can I change it, so you have to put in a pass word to log on under my wireless account???????

Brad, December 2009

Find the instruction manual to your router, either the copy that came with the equipment or find a copy on t'internet.

Read it.

There's two things you are looking for. One is how to set up WPA security, which is pretty much how the last guy said.

This means that people will have to know the password before they can access your router.

DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY WORD FOR ANY KIND OF PASSWORD, EVER. They are relatively easy to crack.

The best passwords use a collection of uppercase and lowercase letters, plus numbers.

The other thing is to see if you can set your router up to only accept wireless connections from specific devices according to their MAC address.

Best advice is to RTFM.

(Just in case: Read The Flaming Manual)

Allan, December 2009

You don't say what router or PC you have so this is generic advice.

Connect a PC to your router via Ethernet. Go to you router's Wireless Settings. Select WPA security and choose a key. Now try to connect via WiFi. You will be asked for the key that you set and bingo. You will be able to connect because you know the key (In fact your PC will remember it.) and others won't.

t, December 2009