Slow internet?
When the neighbor is secretly surfing along
Created: 01/15/2023 10:34 am
By: Stella Henrich
Is your WiFi reception bad in your apartment or house?
For one, it may be due to the many devices running in the home network.
The neighbor surfs with the others.
Here's how to find out.
Munich - honestly - do you still have an overview of the devices that are all connected to your WLAN router at home?
Whether smartphones, mobile phones, computers, laptops, e-book readers, smart technology for outdoor lighting or lowering roller shutters, even the home surveillance camera can be easily connected and controlled from the distant vacation spot.
A user can quickly lose track of all the devices in the home network.
But do all the devices really belong to you?
Because it can happen that strangers or even neighbors use your own WLAN, reports the online portal
Techbook
.
At best, unauthorized access will cause the Internet connection to slow down.
However, what many people often do not know is that data that you send over your own network could also be read in this way.
It gets worse when criminal data such as pornographic images of minors are shared over your network connection.
Here's how to keep track of who's in your network:
internet slow?
Check your home network for secret co-surfers.
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Monitor the connection via router!
Check the WLAN connection with suitable software!
Shit unauthorized people out of the WiFi network and change your password!
Unauthorized persons in the home network: Just look in the router or check the WLAN with software
With most Telekom routers, Internet users can basically find out very easily who is in their own network.
To do this, call up the router configuration and select the “Network” menu item.
Then click on “NAT & Port Rules” in the submenu (
designation may vary depending on the router
) to the list of all registered devices.
If you want to know which device is behind a column of numbers displayed, it is best to switch off one device after the other in order to identify it in this way.
You should then give each device a name so that it can be recognized directly in the future.
If this check reveals an unknown device on your WiFi network, immediately kick out and ban the male and female offender.
You should also change your access data to the router immediately.
The situation is different, of course, if you offer your WiFi network to others as a hotspot.
You have to pay attention to this in the home office
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Alternatively, users can also use a network scanner app to check their own WiFi network for unauthorized persons.
This software is mostly free for Android and Apple models.
If you search the Internet, you will find over 100 top network scanners.
One of them is, for example, Fing.
It answers questions like: who is browsing my WiFi, is someone stealing my WiFi and broadband internet, have I been hacked, is my network secure, are there hidden cameras or why did Netflix start buffering.
The iNet network scanner is ideal for Apple devices.
This software is also free and can be expanded for a premium of around twelve euros.
Also free: The Windows agent WhoFi.
This program alerts the computer as soon as an unknown device is detected.
Unauthorized persons in the home network: An alternative analysis tool can also help to find intruders
If you don't want to install extensive software on your PC or smartphone, you can also download the free analysis tool Dipiscan as a zip file and then start it via
Dipiscan.Exe
, explains Chip.de.
After a quick scan, the freeware shows users all devices in their own network.
Users receive detailed information on every connected device, such as the IP and MAC address, the response time or the operating system installed on it.
Very important for Internet users: If there are actually unknown devices in your own network that definitely do not belong there, you should quickly change the WiFi password and then log in again on your own devices.
Also, make sure you're using the latest WiFi encryption method so strangers or your neighbor can't easily gain access to your network.
Incidentally, hackers can also easily crack preset passwords for the smart home.
To ensure that the light does not go out prematurely at home or on the street, users should also act immediately in this case.
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