Netgear Wireless ADSL Router DG 834G

I am using the DG 834G router with a 700 Mhz iMac G4 Power PC Flat panel and a 12 " Powerbook 1.5 Ghz Power Pc G4 Lap Top. The system works well but I want to password protect my system. I have the instructions on how to pass word protect my system. I am stuck when the instructions tell me to select encryption strength. There are multiple selections and I do not know which one refers to my Macs.
Any help appreciated
Thanks
Mike

Mike,I don't understand the term "64-bit driver" although....
If you were using the older WEP (Wired-Equivalent Privacy) security option you would have the choice of 64bit WEP(which is also known as 40bit due to it having 24bits overhead) or 128bit WEP encryption.
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is the easier (and Apple recommended - read this) option as it's more widely compatible - although I don't think it was implemented in OS 9 if any of your machines still use that.
The main thing is that whatever you configure needs to be the same throughout the setup. So set the router, iMac and PB all to WPA.
You can also set MAC blocking (that's Media Access Control not Macintosh!) on the router which means that you enter your computer's Airport/Ethernet hardware details and your router will only talk to hardware on the list.
mrtotes

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