what do you do about others tapping into your wireless connection?

Answer 1

Set your network up with a WEP passkey, read the instructions for your router or access point on how to do this.

Answer 2

I know that I am very thankful that the entire 6 months I was in England, a neighbor had a wireless connection that they never secured! I never would have had one otherwise...

But here at home, I keep mine locked down! You can make it password protected, or that only your IP address can get on the network. Follow the instructions with your router setup.

Answer 3

There should be a way to set up a password or secure the network. I believe theres even a way to set it up so that only certain IP addresses can access it.

Go into the software for the wireless modem thing, and set it up so there is a password.

Answer 4

Check your router/network documentation and disable SSID broadcasting, this will "hide" your network and prevent it from being announced. Also you can set your network to ONLY allow the MAC Address of the computers you wish to give access to. You can also use 64 or 128 bit WEP encryption.

Answer 5

http://airsnort.shmoo.com/ this is a program that monitors your network and will show you when somebody links to your net. I keeps a list of mac addresses. use wpa with a very nasty password and watch for arp request if somebody is sending a bunch of arp request your are being attacked

Answer 6

Actually...don't use WEP if you can avoid it. WEP encryption is very easy to break (trust me, I've done it). It would be far better to use WPA if possible.

Some sites to look at that explain the reason more:
http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/wpa-vs-wep.php
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=48

Answer 7

close your router and set it to only allow your computer's MAC address