I am using a wireless If others are using my wireless, how do I trace;which sites they surf?

Question

I am using a wireless router requires the MAC address of othe wireless adaptors of laptops. If other people are also using my wireless router, how do I track their Internet activity? Can I trace which websites do they surf? Vice Versa, if I am using someone else's wireless activity, if I am performing sensituve transactions like Internet Banking, how secure is my privacy? How can I secure my privacy? Can the network administrator track which websites I go to?

Answer 1

Using wireless there are security settings depending on the age and Operating System your computer has.
With any wireless Router you can set up Security Encryption. WEP is the older and was followed by WPA and then WPA-2 which is the most secure of all, as I said all wireless routers have these available. These require you to set up a username and password to access your network.
Otherwise you hvae No protection using an OPEN Network that anyone in range can use.
Almost all Banking establishments have secure networks that require you to sign in with username and password.
Now if you are using an Open Network anyone in range can get on and use without you knowing where they go unless you have a dedicated software that would let you trace there movements. I suggest you do a Google search for any software of this nature.
Don

Answer 2

If you have to go into your router and type the MAC of your laptop before your laptop can access the router then no one besides you can access your router.

Generally, if you log in to the router you can see who has been issued an IP address, both the wired connections and wireless ones. You can't get a more detailed log than that.

Answer 3

well im not really sure how to track other people that is using your router. But i know that you can put security on your router so that youll need a password code to get on the internet and no one else can.

sorry if i didn't answer your question

if you want to get security for your router i would go to bestbuy or curcuit city and ask them about it thell do it. But it will cost a little or a lot..

Answer 4

maximum on the spot routers have ethernet ports and on the spot skill. you could set your modem on your room the place your non-on the spot workstation exists. along with your router, connect your workstation to the information superhighway with the ethernet cable and for the workstation that has on the spot, you ought to use the on the spot beneficial properties to hook up with the information superhighway wirelessly. you additionally can hook up your 360 as properly, ethernet or wirelessly (i think you elect a on the spot device for the 360) wish this facilitates!

Answer 5

i hope not. cant you block them?