How can you check to see if someone is using your wireless internet connection?
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get in to your router. type your router address at ur web browser (eg.192.168.1.1). usually your router can show you how many computer are connected to it. Or use a sofware like Network magic. u can found it at www.downloads.com
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sure, why not.. I always have ideas :) go to Control Panel, Network Connections, then do properties of your wireless connection(or whatever connection you are planning to use). and make sure that 'show icon in notification area when connected' is checked..if it's check but the icon is not showing then uncheck it and click OK, then go back and check it..then it should display it...
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you can use http://www.blockstatus.com/ip-proxy-detector to find whether you are behind a proxy or not. Good Luck!\n\nInternet Proxy servers are used for anonymity. That is, to hide your real ip. Surely your ISP will be counting your bandwidth usage, because you connect to these proxies using your internet connection.
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Access your wireless router and you should have an option to look at the DHCP Client list.  It will tell you how many computers and what the computer names are that are connected to your network.  If any computers are not yours then someone is connected to your network.  As for who they are in particular...unfortunelty unless they have files shared that give away their name or who they are there is no way to tell.
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Whenever you renew your internet connection... you can keep a log of how much bandwidth you consume on daily basis by installing a program called DUMETER...\n\nThis would give you exact analysis of the amount of bandwidth consumed...\nDownload DUMETER from: http://www.dumeter.com/\n\nAnother way is to check your Usage daily from the ISP Control Panel login, which also tracks your bandwidth usage..
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Lols!  Good Question. \n\nWell Most of the ones who want to use free wireless will first check the ones with no security Code. For example if you are using a SBC 2wire Router, they do give a security code so if your neighbour wants to use your wireless, then he/she needs to type the code. \n\nAnd then try to change the Badwidth and time to time, check who's online, using your control panel came with the router.
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Those are probably control packets from your provider that they use to determine your status. Unless someone else is connected to your cable or modem, they shouldn't be able to steal your bandwidth. A wi-fi network would allow people to access your connection if you haven't set the router to prevent unauthorized access.
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type http:&#92;&#92;192.168.1.1\n\nand it asks for username and password\nenter the admin username and password\nand click the my account settings tab and u will find out the usage
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If you log into your router, you can look at the lan configuration and see what computers are using the network, but if you are using WEP encryption, it should not be an issue anyway.
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Yes, there is. Install an application like nagios (freeware) or Look@Lan (freeware). Have that monitor the IP address of your router.\nBut it's usually not easy to understand all traffic that is going on in your network.
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If what you meant was antivirus scanning.. for free, you can go to http://www.housecall.trendmicro.com.  If you want to check the bandwith speed of your internet connection (bandwith meter) there's one at http://www.2wire.com
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Check their name on the web.
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Check the network settings and server settings.
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By hacking\n\nor u could ask the person who own the wireless for it
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This is a neat little trick I used to do, but you might have to be a little computer savvy to pull it off.\n\nFirst, open up a command prompt [Start Menu...Run...type 'cmd'...it will bring you to the black screen]. Type 'netstat -n' and it should show you a list of ip addresses you are currently connected to.\n\nNow...get that person to direct connect to you. Type 'netstat -n' again. There should be one extra ip address. This address will be the ip of the person with whom you're directly connected.
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Someone living near you (within 100 metres) also has a wireless network. If you set yours up, you should be able to choose which network you want - make sure you give your network a meaningful name so that you can recognise it.\n\nIt would be worth finding who this person is, and telling them to enable wireless network security, and that you found their confidential information by mistake, so that they don't have malicious people using that information. And make sure you enable security on yours too.
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It is possible. Most wireless access points or routers can show you what MAC addresses are hooked up, what IPs are leased, etc. It won't tell them who you are, but it could alert them to the access. Of course, if they aren't smart enough to lock up the access point, they probably don't know how to look at the status screens either. However, bear in mind that an open router could also "snoop" on you... so maybe it is open for a reason!