I'm a newbie to wireless (less than one day) and I have a security question about the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router/Firewall.
On the Advanced Wireless Settings screen there is a choice for Authentication Type: Auto or Shared Key. Auto is the default setting. This is what the guide says about Auto: "The default is set to Auto, which allows either Open System or Shared Key authentication to be used. For Open System authentication, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP for authentication."
Does this mean what I think it means? If I set it to Auto then anybody who can find my SSID can hook up to my connection? What if I'm also running WEP or WPA, if I choose "Auto" does that mean people still do not need a key? If this is so then why is the default set to "Auto"?