how do i find out who has connected to my wireless network?

Answer 1

http://www.windowsusers.org/wifi_defense.html

Answer 2

Why does it matter. Any unsecured network is free game for anyone who wants to connect to it.

Just call your router manufacturer and SECURE YOUR NETWORK TODAY.

'nuff said

Answer 3

u ve to be connected to ur router first.and u will see all the devices that is using ur network

Answer 4

connect to your router.
It should be 192.168.0.1
type in username and password, there should be a link to attached devices.

Answer 5

log into your router and look at the device list

Answer 6

i'm stealing someones wirless, my internet doesn't get hooked until Thursday. I hope they can't tell who I am.

Answer 7

First, go into your Routers Firewall by accessing your browser setup pages. Depending on the manufacturer of your Router it could be 192.168.1.1 which many use, or for Belkin and a few others it is, 192.168.2.1, look into your user's manual and fiind out which IP Address you put into your browsers search window and then when you do hit Enter. This will take you to your setup pages for your Router.

Once you are in the setup pages, you will see a login page. As you have not yet set a password for this, as you have not yet set up any security, just hit the login button as if you had placed a password in the box provided. All of these setup pages comes without any passwords, you have to set one yourself, and I highly reccomend you do so as soon as your finish setting up your security. Otherwise it will be easy for others to access your personal setup page.

The way your setup pages look depends on the manufacturer. Usually there is a list of links on the left to click on to access the various features. Click on the Firewall link and make sure it is enabled, then look at the log provided. You will need to know what your IP Address is so you do not mistake your own networked computers as possible invaders. You can easily find out which IP Addresses the Router has assigned by opening a command prompt and typing in ipconfig/ all

A list of the computers IP Configuration and Adapter MAC Address will be listed. Write down both the IP Address and the MAC Address as they are both important. Now, again, depending upon the manufacturer of your Router, you will be assigned a series of what is called private IP Addresses. Each computer and other node on your network is assigned an IP Address and also has a MAC Address. The MAC Address is the serial number basically of each networked node. You can use the MAC Addresses to keep out all node except those on your network from accessing the internet and accessing or communicating between other nodes. This series is a continuation of the IP Address of your Router, so if it is 192.268.1.1, the next IP Address given to any node will be 192.168.2.2. the next will be 192.168.2.3 and so on. If it is 192.168.1.1, the next IP Addess in the series of Private IP Addresses assigned by the DHCP in the Router would be 192.168.1.2. the next nodes' IP Address would then be 192.168.1.3 and so on.

Now, the Routers' IP Address is the one which is public and therefor the one "seen" by other computers on the internet. The Private IP Addresses on an DHCP enabled network Router are not seen by any computer on the internet. The Router routes incoming and outgoing packets from the internet to the requesting node, and from the sending node to the internet. The Routers IP Address is usually the one your ISP provided when you signed up for internet services. That is the one you need to know too as you don't want to misakenly assume that IP Address is trying to access your network without proper permissions. It is easy to see which IP Address is assigned the Router, right in the Firewall. Usually you will see wording such as logged in at such and such time, logged out at such and such time, and the list is rather long, showing that IP Address repeatedly. It is also usually at the top section of the Firewall log. At least it is on the Belkin Firewall log.

Now, just because there are entries in the log stating an IP Address was blocked does not automatically mean somebody is attempting to purposely crack into your WiFi and use your internet connection or attempting to break into your network and view or steal or do damage to your computers and files on those comptuers. With a WiFi signal, other's who are close by who also have a WiFi internet connection will accidently attempt to log onto your signal. This is due to how the Router is constantly scanning for the strongest signal to connect to. When you are outside with a laptop and walk around, or get a bit of distance from your own WiFi connection, your Adapter will scan for the strongest signal, and if one is found which is stronger than yours, your adapter will attempt to connect to that stronger signal. It is all very innocent, but it is also something I do not want happening on my WiFi network connection, so I make sure I have proper WPA encryption enabled and configured properly, which will keep out the accidental connections.

You can also make sure you don't accidently connect to your neighbors WiFi networks by going into the Adapters Properties and enabling a setting which instructs your adapter to only connect to your prefered connection. In Network Connections, right click on your WiFi network, then select Properties. A dialog box will appear. Click the Wireless Connections Tab and then click to highlight your prefered network, the one at the top of the list or if that is the only one on the list just click it to highlight and then click the Advanced button and make sure the check box of "Automatically Connect to Non-Preferred Networks" is cleared, and "Access Point (Infrastructure) Networks Only" radial dial is selected. This will ensure you do not accidently connect to your neighbor's WiFi network connection.

Now, make sure your encryption is set for your WiFi network in the Router. I strongly suggest you follow the instructions which came with your Router, or go to the manufacturer's website, locate the user's manual for your Router, download it and read it, if you do not know where your manual is.

Here are a couple of great WiFi websites you can use, and also a book which is just the best out there in my opinion for setting up Wireless, Wired and Mixed (Wireless and Wired connections together on one network) connections, with step by step instructions for setting up the connection and then configuring the security features. I also strongly reccomend using the WPA encryption if it is an option, not WEP, as WPA is much stronger and better at keeping out those who's intention is to gain access to your network without your permission.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/wifi/default.mspx

This is the Microsoft website for all things Wireless. Here you can find links to any issue you have and find instructions on how to configure the security.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1427&page=1

This is a non-Microsoft website with a lot of great information regarding networking. I use it a lot and find it very usefull.

Now, the book is, "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Networking" by Mark Edward Soper. It is only a bit over 300 pages and is just full of very solid facts and instructions about Networks, setting up, configuring security, and adding other nodes, such as game consoles, entertainment items, security cameras, ect. It uses the Linksys Router as an example, but all Routers are very simular and so it is easy to transfer these instructions to any Router.

Good luck and have a great day.