Help someone sharing my network?

I have an airport network with a password. I have my imac on it and my daughters macbook. when I go to finder it doesn't show my network or shared stuff. it use too. I can't even see that my daughter is sharing my airport wireless.
On her computer the shared thing shows up on her finder and it says mike-pc on it like we are sharing the internet connection with him. We don't have any mike-pc and now i'm afraid that somehow someone is stealing my internet connection (and maybe my pass words?).
How do I find out if anyone is using my network? Why is Mike-pc on my daughters shared places. Why don't I have a shared places on my computer since my daughter is on the network?
How do I get rid of mike-pc.
Susan

when I go to finder it doesn't show my network or shared stuff. it use too.
Be sure to check in Finder Preferences that you have all of the SHARED items (Back to My Mac, Connected Servers & Bonjour Computers) checked. ref: Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
On her computer the shared thing shows up on her finder and it says mike-pc on it like we are sharing the internet connection with him.
Most likely her Finder Preference setting is different than yours and includes the above items already enabled. The 'mike-pc' entry would be another computer (either a server or another client) that is showing up because she has these settings enabled to detect it. This device may still be connected to your network.
We don't have any mike-pc and now i'm afraid that somehow someone is stealing my internet connection (and maybe my pass words?).
The first thing I would recommend is to both change your wireless network encryption password and to change to the strongest encryption standard (WPA2 Personal) that both of your Macs can connect to. Second, use a strong password. One that uses a mixture of letters, numbers, & punctuation marks ... and is not found in the dictionary.
How do I find out if anyone is using my network?
You can use the AirPort Utility to 'see' what devices are connected to the network. ref: AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Advanced > Statistics > Logs and Statistics > Wireless Clients
Here you will find a list of connected clients by their MAC addresses. You should have both of your Macs in this list. Any other device could potentially be an unwanted guest.

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