Apple newbie with dummy question

I have a question about my 3 day old Core Duo. I'm connecting just fine and love my machine, but before I go paying bills/banking/etc online, I want to make sure my connection is secure. I'm connecting wirelessly via a Lynksis WRT54G router. The very first time I turned this bad-boy on, it asked for a password to the network, but hasn't since. I'm afraid I may have "keychained" the password or opened the network to everyone or something. Is there a way to check? I chatted with an agent, and they said since it was a third party thing (Lynksis), they couldn't answer. All I want to make sure of, is that my connection is secure with either WPA/WEP. I don't even know what that means, I just know it makes it secure! Again - first time Apple user (unless you count my Dad's IIC when I was 8) - so please assume I'm a dummy when you reply!
Thanks,
Matt

Hello Matt
Goto your router's config at http://192.168.1.1 the default user is admin and the password is admin
goto the wireless tab then wireless security. Make sure your using WPA-PSK and NOT WEP.
WEP is easily cracked WPA is a lot more secure.
The first time you connect to a wireless network you do have the option to add the password to the keychain, this is normal and does not have any security problems.
To check to see if you had added your wirless network password to your keychain open up the keychain Access found in /Applications/Utilities
You can then see a list of all the keychain entries you may see your wireless network listed in there.

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Please understand that I'm a complete Neophyte at Mac, and iPhoto. Please respond accordingly.
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