Typical routers are wide open. Go into the routers interface program and enable WEP security.Poor said:How can I tell if someone is connected to my wireless network? I am computer Retarded. I am running Windows XP.
JeepinJoe said:Typical routers are wide open. Go into the routers interface program and enable WEP security.
Supergper said:its still not terribly difficult for someone that knows what they are doing to get onto a WEP encrypted network, but you have to know what you are doing, or get damn lucky and guess the password. Basically if its enabled then I doubt anyone is on your network, in order to see if anyone is on you can log into your router and view connected devices. If you really want to lock it down you can setup different exclusions and only allow your specific MAC addresses. IMO, lock your machines down and dont worry so much about the network.
why are you wondering?
Poor said:I just wanted to make sure I wasn't like the other idiots that live in my neighborhood. When I was on my Laptop I was able to connect to all of their networks and was able to get into some of there files and I am like I said computer retarded so I was thinking if it was this easy for me I couldn't imagine how easy it would be for others.
Poor said:How can I tell if someone is connected to my wireless network? I am computer Retarded. I am running Windows XP.
rusted said:what router do you have? on a Linysys you can turn on logging and get an idea. As for security there are 3 different things you can do to prevent others from connection, all of which can be bypassed by a dedicated person.
1. Turn on WEP encrypton. This encrypts all traffic, as mentioned it can be "hacked" but most people would not bother unless there was a real reason to do it.
2. Hide your SSID. This just prevents the casual bypasses from finding your router
3. Us an access list of what MAC addresses are allowed to connect to your router. your neighbors card will not be able to connect unless he is smart enough to find the MAC of your card, and then duplicate that MAC to his card.
All of that may be too much info, but if you have a question I will try to help out. Start by telling us the make and model of your wireless router.
Poor said:What is the difference between WEP and WPA?