Home Network using wired connection and wireless

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Because of the security issues I've read about when using wireless I was
thinking of setting up a home network that keeps my desktop plugged in to a
hard wired connection and using my laptop as a wireless for things that don't
need to be secure. Would this get around the security issues and let me use
my desktop for financial things (online banking and shopping) and still keep
it secure while being able to access the internet with the laptop?

This would be a new laptop, both would run Windows XP Home. I only have high
speed cable available to me (no dsl). What kind of router would I need to
but to accomplish this and does this make sense from a security standpoint? I
don't think I'm up to trying to configure a secure wireless network and
thought this might ba a way around it.

Thanks for any advice you might be able to offer!
 
Because of the security issues I've read about when using wireless I was
thinking of setting up a home network that keeps my desktop plugged in to a
hard wired connection and using my laptop as a wireless for things that don't
need to be secure. Would this get around the security issues and let me use
my desktop for financial things (online banking and shopping) and still keep
it secure while being able to access the internet with the laptop?

This would be a new laptop, both would run Windows XP Home. I only have high
speed cable available to me (no dsl). What kind of router would I need to
but to accomplish this and does this make sense from a security standpoint? I
don't think I'm up to trying to configure a secure wireless network and
thought this might ba a way around it.

Thanks for any advice you might be able to offer!
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Yes, that setup would work, using any wireless router that's currently
available.

However, if you set up a wireless network, you must configure it for
security. There are people who drive around looking for unsecured
networks and possibly using them for illegal activities:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/03/20/2003247075
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121747,00.asp

Current laptops and routers support WPA and/or WPA2 encryption, which
don't have the security issues of the earlier WEP encryption.
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