how do you know if anyone is piggy backing

Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the router
and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how do you find
out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.

thanks

William Ervine wrote:
> Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the
> router and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how
> do you find out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.
>
> thanks

You would look at the routers configurations pages which should tell you
what is connected to it.
Joan



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William Ervine wrote:

> Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the
> router and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how
> do you find out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.
>
> thanks

Use this freebie. Easy to use.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lanspy.html

Very good little app.

Cheers

Rob

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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:01:59 GMT, "William Ervine"
<william.ervine@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the router
>and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how do you find
>out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.

AirSnare Wireless Intrusion Detection:
http://home.comcast.net/~jay.deboer/airsnare/

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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:14:49 -0000, "Joan Archer" <archer_joan@NOSPAM.com>
wrote:
: William Ervine wrote:
: > Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the
: > router and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how
: > do you find out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.
: >
: > thanks
:
: You would look at the routers configurations pages which should tell you
: what is connected to it.

Most (but not all) routers with DHCP servers keep track of this information,
but most access points (which rarely have DHCP servers) don't.

But the real point is that it's much easier to turn on encryption and prevent
the piggybacking than it is to figure out whether anyone's doing it to you.

Bob

Yes it is a good little app. It also allows the piggy backer to find
out things about your network and users. Tom

"me here" <gloaming_agnet@hotmail.com> wrote:

>William Ervine wrote:
>
>> Hi im new to this wireless thing but ive my computer hardwired to the
>> router and my sons laptop is wireless to it and im just wondering how
>> do you find out if anyone is piggybacking on to it.
>>
>> thanks
>
>Use this freebie. Easy to use.
>
>http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lanspy.html
>
>Very good little app.
>
>Cheers
>
>Rob
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