hi all,

I've just (yesterday) bought a wireless router (ASUS WL-500G) and it's my first

now i was configuring it to make it secure: got 3 options for encryption
1. 64-bit WEP
2. 128-bit WEP
3. WPA-PK?

now for my questions:

what is WPA, is it more secure then 128-bit WEP? and is it compatible with most wireless cards?

I've used the 128-bit WEP for now and got a 26 character network key.
Is it possible to save the key on my network configuration on my notebook (running XP pro) so that i don't have to type it in ( or copy and paste it) every time i want to make a connection?

another solution i thought about is connecting via the command line, so that i can write a script, which i have to run to make a connection, is this possible?

I'm pretty new to wireless, the only experience i have with it is testing wireless connections from the customers at work ( i work in a repair center). So maybe these are obvious questions, but not to me...

i've done research myself and i keep reading this section ( wireless security) on this forum to learn something from it, but these are questions i still don't know how to answer...


thanks in advance for the replies