How to track down someone who's using my wireless internet connection?
I have a wireless network at home and there’s someone who’s using my network . I suspect it’s my neighbour , but I need to know ¿ is there any way I can know or see where the device that is conecting to my network is located (and know exactly in what house it is) or at least to know the persons name ?? Please don’t suggest to change the network’s password , I’m just interested in tracking the person down.
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14 Comments
Comment #337
You can’t track the exact location of that. But if it bothers you, then why do you leave your network open and unsecured?
Comment #338
go to your routers address and take a look there
Comment #339
If there using DHCP on your router. You can go to Router Status and look at the DHCP List and it will tell your the Mac address as well as IP and the Name of the computer on the router.
Comment #340
You can only see the device’s name in your router’s logs.
Comment #341
A private investigator and a lot of money will do the trick.
Comment #342
is that possible? :O
Comment #343
unlug the router and listen for somebody screaming because their WoW got interupted.
Comment #344
unless you actually have access to their computers all the are in range that is, you can’t as anyone can name their computer anything they want… it’s best to either use mac address filtering, ip assignment/filtering, or wep/wpa encryption and not worry about who…
Comment #345
If you’re using a Mac, under Devices in Finder, select your computer and choose network. You should then see the names of all computers and devices connected to that network.
If you’re using a PC, it’s a LOT more complicated. In fact, you might not be able to tell at all because people can name their computers anything (the same on Macs as well). All you’ll probably be able to find out as useful information is their MAC address and their IP address on your network.
Comment #346
Don’t bother. ….I mean why bother??
I don’t understand why you are reluctant to change the password??
That’s the obvious and simplest solution.
Change the password to something a bit bizarre and obscure that can’t easily be guessed (actually you usually need to input a number)
After that they are locked out – so no point in tracking them.
You won’t achieve ANYTHING by locating the person using your network. Confronting them won’t achieve anything – they will just deny it and then what are you going to do?
Comment #347
Funny this question pops up! Yesterday thisguy came over from acros the road and said hewas getting our wireless conection, and so wre like 7 other peple! He went into
Something whi h had the names of those people . We changed the wireless conection so there was a password
U have to put in before u access the wireless, and cgange your broadband plan if they are using ut.
Comment #348
Not likely unless they happen to have given their computer a name that reveals who they are. Routers sometimes have a table of connected machines, and the machine name MIGHT be in it.
On my Linksys WRT54GL, for instance, it’s on the Status page, Local network tab, inside the DHCP clients table button.
If you’re lucky enough to have such evidence, print out a screen capture to prove to you’re neighbor you’re not just guessing.
But even without such a smoking gun, there are steps you can take other than using an encryption key (not a password — that’s something else). You can restrict your network to only specific Network Interface Card addresses (MAC addresses). These aren’t IP addresses, but the unique addresses each network card in the world has.
You can also turn off the broadcast of your network’s SSID and change it, making it harder for an interloper to find it and hop on board.
Hope that helps.
Comment #349
Back in the day, I used to use a GPS to locate access points for probing. (Not the easiest task of finding the router in a house or apartment complex, but that was never the point) Now if you were to GPS it backwards, I believe it would impossible. Since the signal from the wireless card is not traceable. What would you do if you knew which neighbor it was anyways?
Comment #350
If you are that uncertain about your wireless security, I highly recommend powerline instead of wireless. With powerline, as long as you are in your own home you won’t have to worry about stuff like that. Wireless is fine if you know how to set it up securely, but I highly recommend end users stay away from wireless: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9KWdOLgylg