Wireless router thief

[Replicator]

I have to agree with the MAC address config.

 

[gnatt66]

gnatt66 what are they smoking down there? Is Julian and Ricky going in and out of there????

the neighbor rarely leaves his house and buy and sells govt auction stuff for a 'living'...thing is they (weird neighbor and smoker kid) just bought a small laser engraver (its in the garage under the art store) and maybe sometime i'll want some stuff done

he has 2 chinese scooters sitting in his yard and a subaru that only starts after it's on the charger (which is out in the yard in the snow with an extension cord last i knew, too )..kinda comical..but nowhere near as cool as Julian..haha.

 

[jasonx]

Unplug the antenna off the router

 

[Mosh]

the neighbor rarely leaves his house

Do some snooping around...I bet you find J-roc and Bubbles sitting on his couch!
At least a Corey and Trevor hanging around.......

 

[3dsignco]

Is there a router I can purchase that is not wireless? I'm not using a wireless here and don't need it. That would give me complete peace.
I couldn't find one when I purchased this one.

Yes here.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=4112508

There are cheaper ones available also but I like a Hardware Firewall.

 

[Pat Whatley]

Unscrew the antenna from the back of the router. It cuts your wireless range down to about 18"

 

[Mosh]

Unscrew the antenna from the back of the router. It cuts your wireless range down to about 18"

So why even be wireless?

 

[3dsignco]

Because so many of these routers that come from Quest or Bresnan have the antenna built right in even if they don't want wireless.

I made the cable company get me a router that had no wireless on it. Once I explained how insecure they were and that I had Customer files on computers they had me a new router in a day.

 

[gnatt66]

i should also say that last i checked there were like 6 wireless signals available at my retail counter, and 3-4 of them are unsecured (including mine)...the post office is across the street and a big regional art center is 30 feet from me.

 

[TresL]

If you unscrew the ANT. it will damage the finals in the wireless radio.
Not a good idea.

 

[dbenec]

Turn off SSID and assign all IP address to your computers cards mac address!

+1

do as signage notes and your network will only be available to you. you only have people on the network because you're broadcasting to everyone like a hot spot.

 

[ridefst]

It's a little harder to setup, but you can do some real fun things to mess with people leeching your connection.
All images upside down, blurred, replaced with kittens, etc
http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html

 

[jdb]

Wow, lots of replies. Thanks everyone. I googled and came to the conclusion that the mac address filter will be the safest option for me. For now they are locked out. Now my son is complaining because he can't get online with his ipod touch for updates and pluggins. Still have some tweaking to do.

But.....
My computer is running very quick again now with NO problems. Whatever whoever was doing was really messing with my system, the monitor kept blinking and navigation online actually froze up at times. I was getting requests to share my files, which I denied. It was messed up! None of this is now happening.

Anyway, thanks again for all the replies!

 

[jdb]

What about wrapping the ANT with something? Just a thought.

 

[anotherdog]

In the setup webpage on all wireless routers is the option to turn the wireless part off.

I was a little concerned about security on our older router, there is hacking software that can crack some of the older protocols. I did a test last year using my laptop and sure enough you can beat older models. (including my five year old linksys).

Routers are so cheap these days and so fast, if it wasn't for the gigabit on my design and print computers I would go entirely wireless.

 

[Just Another Sign Guy]

ok this is funny to me. i remember 'route whatever he calls himself these days' posting a similar problem and getting responses to the contrary from it seems some of the same ppl that are saying not to 'spread the wealth'...

interesting.

for the record i'm not in favor of 'sharing' my service. however, i think the different advice the OP is getting is interesting.