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Things that you should be concerned with are:
*How far is your access point going to be with other computers
*WPA, WEP 64 and 128 Encryption
*SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
*What types of classes does router support, so far there is three A, B, G
When you set up your wireless router make sure to do the following:
1. Change the SSID, do not use the default name.
2. Change the Administrator's Password.
3. Make sure to use if available MAC Filtering you can find these details by going to each computer and going to the command prompt and typing ipconfig /all
4. Make sure to filter by class if available, such as only A devices or only A & B or only G or mixed mode.
5. Use WEP 128 bit encryption, choose a difficult passphrase, the weakness in WEP encryption is that the network key never changes, however, if you make a long passphrase, it will be harder for hackers to break in. You should also change the passphrase frequently.
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