Other Wireless Systems in area???

A while ago I got a new iMac G5 with Airport Express and iSight and the whole sha-bang. Love it. I noticed that sometimes the icon which evidently reflects the amount of connectivity power. If I click on this icon, there is always one which is checked, Apple3467 (something like that) and at times there are two or three other choices with names like "belkin24" or "linsys". I tried changing my "check" mark and I assume I hooked to another connection.
I called Apple, who were most helpful, and walked me through changes in my settings to prevent others from accessing my connection/service - Thank You Very Much!!!
My questions are:
Is there anything else I should do to secure my system from nearby wireless users?
If I were to connect to one of the available other systems listed on my iMac, can that user know I am connected? Would that enable that other user accesst o my computer even though I have my settings set to prevent that?
If another one of those connections happens to be operating at a faster speed at any one time, is there any reason why I should not use that connection?
Thanks so much - looking forward to any suggestions and/or advice from all you WiseMacs - Mike

Is there anything else I should do to secure my
system from nearby wireless users?
Make sure your account is protected by a good password (long, a mix of letters, numbers, and special symbols). Protect your network with WPA encryption; In the System Preferences/Sharing panel uncheck any services that you do not know you need (the computer will tell you if it needs a service that you have disabled); turn on firewall.
If I were to connect to one of the available other
systems listed on my iMac, can that user know I am
connected?
Yes, if they look. The routers do display every computer that's connected to the network. But if they don't look for that they may not notice.
Would that enable that other user accesst
o my computer even though I have my settings set to
prevent that?
Depending on what services you are running in the Sharing control panel, it can be possible, but is not trivial. The choice of your user account password makes a big difference. Also if you have an uprotected guest account they could log into that.
If another one of those connections happens to be
operating at a faster speed at any one time, is there
any reason why I should not use that connection?
Formally speaking, you would be stealing the bandwidth that you didn't pay for. There is an opinion that anyone who has not protected their network with a password does not mind unauthorized connections, but I personally do not subscribe to that opinion.
If their connection works faster for you, you can try to find out who they are and ask to share the connection and split the cost.
Also, being on someone else's network, you expose your computer to attacks from that direction. Whether they will try to attack - nobody will be able to tell.

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part of that. Also the AirPort setup to be able to find & use available wireless networks
is usually not difficult.
•Configuring your Mac's network settings - macworld:
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•Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting - Apple Support
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