How can i know if a neighbour is sharing(stealing) my wireless broadband ?

Question

I mean how can i find out if anyone is using my wireless braodband( secured or unsecured) for free? is there a way to find out?

Answer 1

It really depends on your router, but yes you can do it. You can go to your default gateway (usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1) then find the option through your router that shows you what devices are connected.

Try to type either of those numbers in your address bar in your browser, and you should get a popup that asks for a username and password. The default is usually "admin" and "password", but if you changed it, then you should know it. Anyway, look around in the options for your router under "wireless", and there should be something. If you don't recognize some of the device names, then it's probably someone stealing your connection. (The device name will be whatever you named your computer when you first set it up)

Answer 2

set up the wep with pasword you can only do this with the pc that is conected to the cable install the software you got with the router when you set up pasword noone will be able to acess your net without the pasword there is something called airsnort cracks this but it takes up to a month to do this if you change the pasward evry fw months guaranteed they will just stop trying to hook up your net also get a newer router the security is almost unbreakable older ones dosent take much

Answer 3

I sugest adding a password. Then, the neighbour will be out of luck. If they look mad, ask
"What's up?",
and they will either ignore you or say something along the lines of:
"Oh! My internet dropped out."

Answer 4

Oh heck , have i been sussed ?

Answer 5

Normaly, when you have wireless internet, on the router ( the thing where you plug in the internet to your computer with the wire), there should be like a Wireless light thing. If the light is off, then that means no on is using it, if it is on and no one in your house is using it, then someone in the un-known neighbour hood is using it, unless you know someone is using it like a friend next-door or something...

Hope it helps =D

Answer 6

had the same problem couple of years ago, dont think its a case of him stealing, more of a problem with broadband, our wa picking up next door and vice versa, there was nothing untoward, we just popped round, shared bottle of vino, nsd had a laugh ! thwdownside was we had to but a new laptop and upgrade our security, but really no problem

Answer 7

Access your router config screen, you should be able to see all active connections in there somewhere. (They vary from one to another depending make/model etc, so I can't be specific on where to look exactly).

How about security enabling your network to prevent unauthorised access?

Answer 8

Set it up to only allow connections from Mac addresses of computers in your house.....this isn't a totally foolproof way but is certainly good enough to prevent casual use of your connection.

Answer 9

you could go over there and ask lol.
i would just recommmend that you put a password on your wireless internet so that people around you cant share it if you dont want them to.

Answer 10

Well, you can't find out in any practical manner. You CAN make sure your network is secured so that he can't steal your broadband. Your router software should allow you to set a password to your network. That should work for your purposes.