Comments on: How Do You Stop Others From Using Your Wireless Internet?

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:22:09 +0000

Update – Turns out I do have a WPA/WPA2 password protected access, so no problem. If you can access your wireless without a passcode, one of two situations may exist:

1) The password is saved in your laptop and you access the connection automatically, or

2) Your connection isn’t password connected, in which case you need to contact the company who manufactured your wireless router to have it established.

If an access code isn’t part of your wireless system, you probably need to get a new one, otherwise your computer line is available for others to use–or misuse–or to access your information.

THANKS to all who have offered advice on this thread, I used it all to get my issue straightened out!

By: Aury (Thunderdrake)

Aury (Thunderdrake) — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:22:26 +0000

Hehehehe. Since overcoming that little wireless hopping problem, seems like it injected a little bit of paranoia fuel into you there… Totally justified, there.

I’ll admit I’m not very sophisticated with the matter, either. I also have a wireless connection too. So I password locked it, being in doubt.
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By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:15:42 +0000

CathT – Being the one with most of the questions, I’m certainly not qualified to give you an answer. Any takers out there?

By: CathT

CathT — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:33:22 +0000

hmmm glad am not alone….. I have got my PC all set up with WAP2 etc and when I turned on my work lap top for the first time, it clocked straightonto my wireless without asking a password etc etc – hi thought it as all secured up… any advice on how to set this up? I live in the country , but am right opposite a big caravan park and am sure most people being their laptops!!! thanks in advance.

By: Ili

Ili — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:27:43 +0000

Hi there..

I’ve been experiencing this in my small office for thsi couple of days. I’m using D-Link wireless ADSL router. Since 2 days ago i’ve been seeing anynomous pc in my network. I thought I’ve made the network private, but somehow this 1 person keep on appearing in my network? anyone knows how to solve this..pls help.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:50:58 +0000

Wow, that’s a another good one Joseph. I’ll look in the Linksys literature and failing that I’ll call customer service. I have to call them for the WPA/WPA2.

Am I the only one who doesn’t know about any of this???

By: Joseph | kickdebtoff

Joseph | kickdebtoff — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:25:29 +0000

Great Questions Kevin,
I have to say it shocks me when i lookup my list of available connections in the house and i see more than fifteen available and half of them are wide open!

While most people who leave their wireless open are just innocent and ignorant.. there are some ‘bad’ people leave their wireless open to lure other innocent neighbors to connect to their network and once you are connected to their network they will try to read the ‘packets’/information you are transimitting through their network..BEWARE!

On top of using an encryption – disable SSID broadcast on you router so that people will not see your wireless on the list of available connections(linksys and most other routers have this capability).
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By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:04:47 +0000

Thanks Len, that sounds like a good place to start. The customer service at Linksys has been excellent so for.

Were I not a techno idiot, I might have thought that up for myself!
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By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:25:57 +0000

You can check your wireless router to see if it offers WPA or WPA2. By the way, make sure you use a GOOD password. My computer recognizes about a dozen wireless routers and all but one of them are encrypted. It just so happens that I knew who had the unencrypted router based upon the name they gave it. Just for grins, one day I decided to see if I could guess their password. For my first attempt I decided to try the name of their daughter, who had a rather unique name. Bingo – I was in! (And yes, I immediately notified them of their lax security.)

All the best,

Len
Len Penzo dot Com
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By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:39:58 +0000

OK, now I'm scared! Email to follow. Where do you get WPA/WPA2??? .-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..How Do You Stop Others From Using Your Wireless Internet? =-.