I would enable WEP, unless you are doing this far from any other potential "Participants". WEP makes it hard for someone you don't know to log in. The friend's access is determined by your system access controls. So, you should think not of the friend, but of someone who is potentially malicious on another floor or on the other side of a wall. DTL On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 11:13 AM, Joe Jones wrote: > You'll get a window to enter information. The network name will > default to your computer's name, but you can put anything you like in > there. You can choose to enable WEP if you like, but for file sharing > between two friends I wouldn't worry about it too much. The default > settings will enable you to get going just fine.