The above is an advertisment. If it asks you to download software or create an account, please ignore it.
Site News -
11/25: Special Ad Rate |
11/1: Members: Log In to See Fewer Ads!
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Re: How can I tell if a neighbor is using my WiFi inter
Posted by jp (more from jp) on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:46:44
In Reply to: How can I tell if a neighbor is using my WiFi internet?, Jimbo, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:19:27
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
In your router, go the LAN DHCP lease/clients table and look for computers listed that aren't your own. Every ethernet device has a mac address which you should be able to correlate to computers of your own. Any listed that aren't yours are probably a neighbors.
This picks up the dumb/lazy neighbors. A smarter neighbor would configure a static IP in their computer so they wouldn't show up in this table in your router. ethereal (free software) might show some of their traffic by passively watching.
If your neighbor does anything illegal (shares stolen software, goes after someone underage online, shares copyright music/video, etc...), the appropriate enforcers (riaa, mpaa, fbi) will come after you, as it appears to be coming from your internet connection. I'd rather avoid the hassle.
They are also on your home computer network, which could present somewhat of a security risk. I work at an ISP, and we ocassionaly get subpoenas asking "who's account was using this IP number at this time?". We know how pays for the account but don't know who was actually using the account.
That being said, lots of people don't care and leave their wifi wide open either by ignorance or choice.
Posts in this Thread:
- How can I tell if a neighbor is using my WiFi internet?, Jimbo, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:19:27
- You should definitely care!, Saabpilot
, Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:22:38 - shouldn't care about that, t_mokes, Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:18:50
- My Linksys Router has a WiFi light..., Scott Paterson
, Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:23:56 - I'd just lock it out..., turrbo
, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:39:46 - Re: How can I tell if a neighbor is using my WiFi inter, jp, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:46:44 <-- Viewing This Message
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
 |
SaabClub.com
 |
Jak Stoll Performance
 |
M Car Covers
 |
Ad Available
 |
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!
, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:55:38