Is someone using my internet connection?

My bills are showing more and more GB's used every month which makes me think maybe someone is using my connection? I am running mac osx 10.4 (not windows!) and have a netgear wireless router. Does anyone know of a way to check if anyone else is using my connection?
I havent yet made my connection secure as I dont know how to, so if anyone has some straight forward steps for me to follow I would be very appreciative. Thanks!
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If you haven't altered your routers password then... shame on you !!
Default User and password =
Username = admin
Password = password
You could also look under "Logs" for any interesting info.
I suspect though that your extra usage is just visiting more sites that use Flash.
Flash really is an evil for capped accounts
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