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How can I to keep him away from my wifi connection?
- Thread starter joylmm
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What type of router do you have? Are you setting up WPA2 security? Have you changed the default admin password on your router as well? If someone has physical access to your router they can plug in via LAN and change your settings if you don't change the admin password.
Set up security on the router. A good WPA 2 Personal security password is best!
If you stop transmitting your SSID, then it is just a nuisance for you. It is like taping over the numbers on your mailbox. Completely useless for most and a nuisance for the people who legitimately need to use the network!
MAC filter (black list will prevent certain devices from connecting, whitelist will allow only specified devices to connect), change the IP range, set up WPA2 authentication with a long, complex password, hide the SSID. If your neighbor is STILL hacking into your WiFi (at this point it IS hacking), have a chat with them and encourage them to stop and that if they don't stop you'll press charges on theft of services
MAC Filters are useless to anyone with basic networking knowledge and the same to hiding the SSID. Securing with WPA2 is the best method for home users.
Have you tried talking to him? Like in the good old days when people would do so without Facebook?
I think you should disconnect your Wifi router, cancel your broadband, cancel your phone and turned off all electric appliances. Not only will you be safe from your Wifi stealing neighbor, but also from Chinese hackers and identity thiefs. Get off the grid man, it's not worth it!
However, if there are other networks in the area that don't employ those techniques it makes those more likely to get attacked. In my case, I see no fewer than 4 other networks that are actually broadcasting.
True. But if this guy is more than a dirtbag not wanting to pay an Internet bill it is easily circumvented. Just stating the facts here...
There's another way to deal with it. The OP has the offender's MAC address. Set him up with a DHCP address reservation, then throttle the bandwidth for that IP to less than dial-up. He may still use the internet but we won't use much data.
Now, securing your computers from him would be a whole other situation.
