| WEP is such weak encryption that you won't notice it, but yes, WEP does slow down throughput on a wireless network.  
 You'll see bigger performance hits due to shoddy hardware, though.  If you want to see some real performance hits, set up IPSec encryption or a VPN.  Nothing like making your CPU encrypt all packets to slow things down a little.
 
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