ChatterBank1 min ago
Securing Wireless Router.
I am getting sick to death of strangers stealing my wireless connection (Sky broadband home hub), it is secured via WAP 2 and I have changed the password and SSID repeatedly over the last few days, I have changed the router password repeatedly, stopped the SSID being broadcast all to no avail, there are at least 3 different devices keep appearing in my network and it is really peeing me off!
Does anyone have any idea what I can do to stop these thieving barstewards?
Does anyone have any idea what I can do to stop these thieving barstewards?
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The devices are named and are definitely not our devices, one is names California and is an Alcatel mobile, one has some odd name like royssxcs and is a Samsung phone, the other says it is a Texas instruments device. Our phones are Nokia, HTC and Blackberry, no other family member or friend has the new PW.
There is something not quite right here.
What do you mean when you say someone is stealing your wireless ? I'm not sure you can prevent your router being "seen" by other computers within range. I can "see" about 6 others routers on my tablet and my Iphone at the moment, but they are all locked and therefore I can't get in. I can't see how anybody can use your router to access the 'net if you locked your router and put a new P/W on it ?
Daffy...I think, with respect, that you are getting things a bit mixed up.
"I can view them in my network map and on the router page"...yes, of course you can and they can see you but it can't mean that they are accessing the 'net THROUGH your router.
Unless anybody else has other ideas, I think you are worrying unnecessarily.
Nobody is stealing anything !
What do you mean when you say someone is stealing your wireless ? I'm not sure you can prevent your router being "seen" by other computers within range. I can "see" about 6 others routers on my tablet and my Iphone at the moment, but they are all locked and therefore I can't get in. I can't see how anybody can use your router to access the 'net if you locked your router and put a new P/W on it ?
Daffy...I think, with respect, that you are getting things a bit mixed up.
"I can view them in my network map and on the router page"...yes, of course you can and they can see you but it can't mean that they are accessing the 'net THROUGH your router.
Unless anybody else has other ideas, I think you are worrying unnecessarily.
Nobody is stealing anything !
I am not getting mixed up at all, I do have some knowledge of tech and considerable knowledge of PC hardware, I am a little hazy when it comes to router settings though.
I DO KNOW the difference between other network SSIDs and my own.
When I open the network map on my PC I see my own PC, my son's PC, my router name and any other devices that are currently connected to the router either wirelessly or wired.
If I wanted to connect a wireless device, for example my phone, I would scan for available networks from that phone and would get a display of nearby networks and be informed of their signal strength and whether they are secure.
I DO KNOW the difference between other network SSIDs and my own.
When I open the network map on my PC I see my own PC, my son's PC, my router name and any other devices that are currently connected to the router either wirelessly or wired.
If I wanted to connect a wireless device, for example my phone, I would scan for available networks from that phone and would get a display of nearby networks and be informed of their signal strength and whether they are secure.
Just to clear things up - do you mean that when you login to the admin feature of your hub that is when you see these devices?
http:// www.sky user.co .uk/for um/view -router stats.h tml
If so, delete them from the hubs memory.
Or is it when you view network connections on the computer?
http:// help.sk y.com/b roadban d/set-u p-sky-b roadban d/conne ct-to-y our-wir eless-n etwork
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If so, delete them from the hubs memory.
Or is it when you view network connections on the computer?
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