I think my neighbour has been using my airport connection - help
Hello everyone
I need your help. I think my neighbour has been using my airport network. I only noticed this today when my computer detected his wireless network. His network is password-protected where mine isn't. I've added a password to my airport connection but I am not sure whether this has worked or not.
Is this enough protection?
Any help is much appreciated
Ash
There are some things that you can easily do using Airport Utility.
First, turn encryption on and select WPA as method, create long password for it. WEP is not as good as WPA (WPA2).
Then you must change your network name, so your neighbor needs to know your networks name and password to get access.
Also, you can turn on MAC address filtering, just add all your computers MAC address to the list.
And last, you can create a closed network. This means that your neighbor cannot see your network at all as it doesn't broadcast it's presence at all.
With these steps you can be sure, that no one uses your network without your permission.
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