Who Is Stealing My Wireless Network
Have you ever wondered why sometimes you see a consisted decrease in the wireless speed of your network? Have you ever been worried about the fact that the internet provider is not getting you what promised or that the wireless equipment you are using is not performing the job it’s supposed to? Well, you might be right about the technical facts, but in most cases there is something else that is causing that significant decrease in signal and signal speed. In most cases, other people are connecting to the home wireless network you have set up.
Many people are hacking into wireless networks because they are not encrypted properly or because there is not network password set. In this case, the networks are considered free to use and those people are not in fact breaking any laws by doing that. It’s just like you would leave the doors of a garden open and also put a “Please come in sign” next to them, and then people would come in and sit around to enjoy the benefits of flowery perfume. You can’t blame them for doing that, but you can keep the doors closed.
If you encrypt the wireless network, using router’s encryption method and also set up a private home network, just like you are recommended when you start setting it up, you will be able to gain some protection against the intrusion attacks. In this case, if someone does enter the network and starts using your signal then they are doing something illegal. A password is similar to a lock in real life, so breaking it is an infraction. It’s not easy to gain access to a password protected network, but on the other hand, neither is it impossible.
There are ways of finding out the exact ip of the machines that are connected to your router and stealing your signal. While in most cases it’s the obvious people who do this, like neighbors, it’s better to be sure. If you ping the standard static router ip range, which is in most cases in the range of 192.168.0.(100 – 109), then you should encounter one machine per IP at tops. Unless there’s someone that comes from outside the network you can not encounter two equal ips on two computers. If this happens, it means that someone else is connected to the router.
The other way of seeing all computers connected is to access the router’s menu and access the DHCP client table. There you should be able to see computers connect, along with their Ips. Also, you can go into Network Connections on your computer and try to View Entire Network. If the ones that are connected to your wireless connection have any files shared (and they surely do), you will see the computer name and also gain access to those files, which might get you some information about their identity. Note down all these stuff so you can file a complaint against those persons, if you network was password protected and then hacked in.
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