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If that's true then that means someone was in the house using the computer.
Think of it this way... if all someone had to do was log in to an AT&T account from on the network (not the machine) then every time someone logged into an account on another computer in your house, the other computers would be logged in too.
Just password protect it...and use the encryption option.
problem solved.
No password, no access.
next, don't believe every e-mail you get.
"password protected" is misleading, and could well mean that the administrator account to configure the router is "passworded"
Today the minimum should be WPA2 encryption with a "passphrase" that is as long as practical and cannot be found in a dictionary. This will keep 99.999% of "neighbors" out.
Look at the MAC address of wireless clients connected from time (time it is suspected the neighbor is connecting) to see if there are any that are not your devices.
Skunk Workz is right. This is not a WiFi theft issue. Someone was on that specific computer and signed in as the person with that email address or Yahoo had a glitch.
Like others said, you probably have yahoo mail through att. It just remembered your login credentials from before. No one was using your wifi.
Depending on your router, I believe there is a way to make it "hidden" so it's harder to find. Try looking into that.
Don't broadcast the network name, use WPA2 and use MAC filtering. It's a pain, but it'll keep most people off your network. I live in a townhouse, when Verizon installed Fios, they left my network open..i had a few people on it when I got home. Not anymore.
The only one of your suggestions which is actually useful is using WPA2, not broadcasting and MAC filtering are extremely easy to work around, they will only keep the honest people out.
The only one of your suggestions which is actually useful is using WPA2, not broadcasting and MAC filtering are extremely easy to work around, they will only keep the honest people out.
Sure, but combined with WPA2, it'll keep the majority out. Out of sight, out of mind. If you're dumb enough to not encrypt your wireless, regardless of everything else, you deserve to have other people using it. That's the first thing I do when I set up a new router. Enable encryption if its not already on, change the passwords and then kill broadcasting and enable MAC filtering.
Don't broadcast the network name, use WPA2 and use MAC filtering. It's a pain, but it'll keep most people off your network. I live in a townhouse, when Verizon installed Fios, they left my network open..i had a few people on it when I got home. Not anymore.
The only one of your suggestions which is actually useful is using WPA2, not broadcasting and MAC filtering are extremely easy to work around, they will only keep the honest people out.
To overcome MAC filtering and not broadcasting the SSID, you only have to capture one frame from a host and you can easily circumvent both.
WPA2 with a good passphrase is a much tougher nut to crack.
The only one of your suggestions which is actually useful is using WPA2, not broadcasting and MAC filtering are extremely easy to work around, they will only keep the honest people out.
Wow. I always agree with Dave, but disagree here, my friend.
So what if it is "very easy" to work around?
It all helps.
Might stop the "not that good" hacker.
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