Help! I had new neighbors move in?

Question

and I am pretty sure they are stealing my Internet. It has been really slow to the point that I am having trouble even opening some pages. Is there any way I can block their wireless Internet?

Answer 1

Yes from one of your computers on Internet Explorer goto 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.2.2 and log in, Goto WEP and enable WEP Encryption if you need more detailed instructions consult your Owners Manual for your wireless router also there is a list of computers that are connected to your router as well if you log in
EDIT
If you have never logged in there was a peiece of paper that came with your wireless router telling you the default username password for the admin settings of your wireless router if you cant find it maybe contact the company that made the router or cehck there website

Answer 2

WEP is wireless encryption. Now, there are some things to note about WEP.

802.11b has 128bit encryption. It is easily breakable. If they're already stealing internet, they'll probably want to continue to steal internet. This is what happened at my house. In fact, I got tagged for spamming.

SO, what I did was bought an 802.11g router. If you upgrade, make sure it has WPA or WPA2 - infinitely much harder to break. It will say on the side of the box under security if it has WPA, WPA2, etc.

If you already have an 802.11g router, you likely have WPA.

My best suggestion is this: Go to your router, look at the bottom for the serial and model number, and call technical support. Now, I know they're somewhat 'distant' (ahem) but they can easily walk you through setting up a network key AND telling you if you have 802.11b or 802.11g.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Yes. Enable the WEP security on your router (Wireless Access Point). Also, change your routers default password and log in so no one else can access it. Also, you should look up the settings for your Wireless Router to enable MAC Address filtering. This will make it most secure. Only machines with a key and MAC Address that you specifically authorize will be able to access the wireless. Follow two or more of these suggestions and you will be golden. If you are still slow, check signal strength, LAN connectivity speed (using cables). Good luck!

Answer 4

One of the problems with enabling WEP encryption is that in some cheaper routers, it slows down the connection, especially if you have more than one connection going. If security isn't absolutely paramount for you, and you're mostly concerned with people not stealing your internet, then I'd recommend using MAC address filtering. MAC filtering requires that you get the "Physical" address of your internet card and enter it into the system. Usually you can get the MAC address by clicking on "Start" then "Run" then enter "CMD". A black box will come up and you can type in "IPCONFIG /ALL" then enter. the line (or lines) that say "Physical Address" is your MAC address. It's usually something like "00-13-b1-c4-01-2a". Once you've entered the mac addresses to your computers, routers, and any other hardware you have attached to your system (on hardware, you'll find the mac address on a sticker near the serial number) you can then enable this feature on your router and no one will be able to steal your internet connection again, and you don't have to deal with the slowdowns that sometimes comes with WEP encryption.

Answer 5

Yes, you have several choice,
WEP and WPA encryption, or MAC filtering.

Take your pick.

WEP requires you to have a key (an alpha numberic mix) to gain access.
WPA lets you set a password.
MAC filtering lets you set it so only certain wireless cards can access your router (I dont mean brands, I mean an individual's card)

You should also password your router's setting. I know some people who were stealing another's internet connection and they went into that person;'s router settings and passworded it so the owner could not get on to the router settings page and use the techniques above to prevent them from using the connection.

Answer 6

You can set up your router with encryption but if you have high speed internet you should not really notice your speed decrease by just one person jumping on or even 4 people depending on your speed.
What it does sound like to me is that you may have spyware on your computer, which will slow down your web surfing quite a bit. I would suggest that you download Adaware SE by Lava Soft, it is free and it will do registry clean up. The first time will most likely take a little bit longer than the following scans but well worth the wait.
I would also suggest that you download Mozilla Firefox at mozilla.org as your browser, it is less likely to be attacked by viruses or spyware.

Answer 7

The easiest way to block is to configure your router to only allow the MAC address of your laptop to connect. Do be sure that you have password-protected the router with a different password than the default one.
Some routers also log the MAC addresses of all the systems that have connected through that router.

Answer 8

Is it a router? Because then you could try setting a password up for your router so that noone who doesn't know the password will be able to access your internet.

Answer 9

Just provide the personal password for you wireless account, if you do not know how to create one then call your wireless company tech support to teach you how.

Answer 10

Wireless can only work off of wireless. check your history first to make sure that is what is going on. If there are any sites you have not visited then they are feeding off of you. Also If you pay for your wireless you can have a lock put on it to stop them.