Re: How can I see if someone is using my wireless connection

From: Srikrishna Komatineni (srikrishnak_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/10/05 

Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:01:44 +0800

Possible..particularly if the group of people are staying in an apartment.
Most of the people dont bother to change the default settings which makes
the linksys SSID name common. n Windows settings allows to connect to the
other unauthorized as well. :)
To see weather any one else is using the connection you can check the arp
entries.

"Greg Ro" <webworm12@yes.lycs.com> wrote in message
news:ehUp3LVtFHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 23:35:51 -0500, "Steven L Umbach"
> <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Your device should have some sort of logging capability. Logon to it and
>>check and see if unknown IP or mac addresses have been using it and/or
>>there
>>has been unexplained internet activity such as at times when your computer
>>was shut down. Make sure that you are not using the default name/password
>>for the device, that it is not configured to be managed remotely, and that
>>WEP or better yet WPA-PSK is enabled with a complex preshared key. WEP is
>>better then nothing but is pretty weak protection by today's standards. If
>>I
>>was forced to use non dynamic WEP I would make sure that the WEP keys were
>>changed fairly often - maybe as much as once a week. --- Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>"ronlaw" <ronlaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:C9515C92-7418-4C13-9905-3BED550B5AA2@microsoft.com...
>>> How can I see if someone is using my wireless connection to the
>>> internet.
>>
> Some people may not even realize they are using another person
> connection.
>
> Greg R

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