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Old 11-04-2005, 02:39 PM
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Default I DONT WANT MY NEIGHBORS STEALING MY WI FI

I just got my wi fi setup today, and dont want my neigbors stealing it. I am using roadrunner. Got the linskys thing. Not to computer literate. Any help is appreciated, thank you kindly in advance.
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Old 11-04-2005, 02:49 PM
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1. Why not let them share your bandwidth in exchange for them paying part of the fee?

2. If you dont want them to use it, just turn off SSID, change the default password, enable WEP encrypting, and turn on MAC address filtering. This is probably smart to do in any case.
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Old 11-04-2005, 03:08 PM
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Wow thank you very much for the detailed answer. I will follow all these steps right away. Thanks despot!
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Old 11-04-2005, 04:33 PM
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Default Re: I DONT WANT MY NEIGHBORS STEALING MY WI FI

Linksys Network Security Tutorial
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Old 11-06-2005, 11:03 PM
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Default Re: I DONT WANT MY NEIGHBORS STEALING MY WI FI

Keep your doors locked.
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