Intruder discovered on my bandwidth

Could my computer savvy neighbour 'inadvertently' hijack my bandwidth - as
claimed on discovery?



stefos

if you have not taken the correct safeguards ... yes

"stefos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> stefos
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Easily - if you have not secured your network.

Guy


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Thanks for the replies and for setting my mind at ease!

I had assumed security had been implemented at installation. Maybe it had
not however.

stefos

stefos wrote:

> Could my computer savvy neighbour 'inadvertently' hijack my bandwidth - as
> claimed on discovery?

Not only is the answer "yes" as others have pointed out, but in many cases
it's the default action when you first turn on the wireless interface: it
just grabs the strongest wireless signal it finds. If he has his own
wireless AP, and has done nothing to secure it either, the odds are fairly
good that his computer can't even tell the difference between his AP and
yours (eg, if they both come from Linksys, they're called "LINKSYS" by
default, and they require no security keys - even the administrator
passwords are the same: which could cause havoc for you if he decided to
change his by wireless!).
--
derek

> Could my computer savvy neighbour 'inadvertently' hijack my bandwidth - as
> claimed on discovery?

In addition to the answers that you have already received why not just
answer the following questions to yourself.

"What must I do in order to connect to my wireless network, what
security information must I offer?"

However just because you believe you have secured your network does not
make it so but then that's the difference between someone inadvertently
connecting to your network and deliberately defeating security
provisions in order to do so.

David.