Argh.. you do the right thing.. and then...

[iTuN3r]

Well i requested them details when and how was it downloaded but they were freaking late to send it . Hey i have room mate i do give them their privacy it's not upto me to keep control on everything i can't spy on their net activity . He did got away with my money too lol . let's not make this long in short cut i had to deal with such issue too in wrong time .

 

[Carlos]

Don't worry about it. What goes around comes around, his bad deed will undo onto him.

Which is why it is always important to be nice to people, treat them with respect... and whatnot.

 

[Shelley]

Have you tried using the following kim to log into the router page:

username: admin
password: password

If your able to login with that you really want to change the password from being set as "password"

 

[Kim]

if you need to reconfigure there is a wizard that asks you some basic question that can mostly be kept at default values. you may need to know your isp user/pass and thats about it.
which isp do you use?

Do you need the original software CD for the wizard? I doubt I can find it now as the router is years old and we have moved etc.

bandwidth theft is especially tempting in australia. monthly bandwidth limits of 10-20gb are pretty common.

Yeah we have an unlimited account.

 

[Kim]

Have you tried using the following kim to log into the router page:

username: admin
password: password

If your able to login with that you really want to change the password from being set as "password"

No go, but thanks

I am going to have to reset the router, just worried about losing my connection, as I am sure it took a fair bit of messing around to get this router set up in the first place.

 

[Shelley]

No go, but thanks

I am going to have to reset the router, just worried about losing my connection, as I am sure it took a fair bit of messing around to get this router set up in the first place.

Not really it's very simple. Ensure once/if you reset the router you change the password as normally any router username and password settings are really silly "Password" "admin" etc (I remember the virgin media guy coming around) and he asked if he could check my router settings and i allowed him and he automatically input "password" which is the default setting here. Infact, I left him to try several times because the company just piss me off. Anyway, point being default router username and password are normally easy and easy for people to log/break into if your using the wireless network allowing them to change your access if they were inclined to do so.

Hope you get everything sorted soon Kim.

 

[Kim]

Wish me luck kids... I am going in!

If you don't hear from me... you'll know I fluffed it up

 

[Kevin]

Wish me luck kids... I am going in!

If you don't hear from me... you'll know I fluffed it up

Don't worry, if you kill your internet access I suspect your kid will notice pretty quickly & will get it restored!

 

[Anthony Parsons]

WPA2 is extremely difficult to crack according to experts on this... I did my homework with wireless networks, and most conjecture is still based on the old WEP protocol which is useless. WPA2 for a home or small office wi-fi is substantially adequate security.

There is no requirement to disconnect your wi-fi to secure your network, that is conspiracy nonsense.

Most routers today will allow you to specify IP's / MAC addresses of the machines allowed to connect, which is an additional security function you can use to stop your kids giving out the access to their mates and such, which is how issues can and do arise, or they begin plugging in all sorts of stuff using the wi-fi, that you don't know about.

If you want to go to a further extreme, you can use an additional cheap computer you have laying around as a RADIUS server and use WPA2 Enterprise, which acts as an authentication system to your wi-fi before a user can connect to it, being you must manually approve the user to access the system.

Giving wi-fi access is not giving access to your network either... as you should never leave your network group name as default for security purposes. This way, the network group name must be known to join it and access other computers / data storage devices.

 

[Kim]

Don't worry, if you kill your internet access I suspect your kid will notice pretty quickly & will get it restored!

Wooo hooo! WE are back

Shiny new password too!

Hopefully all this nonsense will stop now.

 

[Kim]

Woooowsers my connection is literally twice as fast!!!

As we are on ADSL not ADSL2+ our connection has never been great, but it has been worse lately (now realise it must be the leechers )

Some kid is going to be annoyed when they get home from school today! hahahahaah

 

[Floris]

Get a second router, honeypot the kid, trace back who it is and take the appropriate action.

 

[Kim]

Get a second router, honeypot the kid, trace back who it is and take the appropriate action.

LOL like I have the tech skills to do that Nice idea though

 

[Kim]

Happened to me last year only . One morning i was sleeping then my gf shows up with mails and i see this official notice with some lawyers office name and crap when i opened it surprised me big time . It claimed they traced my IP downloading some crap movie never heard before in my life nor i remember what that was lol . It was based on some game . Tried my best to figure out everything but ended up court settle . End of case figured out it was my ex-roommate who downloaded it before he ran away from my Apartment .

That really sucks Sorry to hear it!

 

[grant sarver]

So, I shouldn't be sucking off of the neighbor's super high-speed connection? That you, Kim?

 

[Kim]

So, I shouldn't be sucking off of the neighbor's super high-speed connection? That you, Kim?

Naughty Bad Grant

I wish I could do this to the person who did it...

 

[grant sarver]

 

[Floris]

When my ISP drops out, I have no problem hopping on the neighbors one - but I won't be using it to download big files such as podcasts, etc. At least I will be able to tweet the isp there's a problem, and continue my skype call for example. Seeing how I have 120mbit / 10mbit internet connection at home, in return I have a guest network of 1 mbit for guest connection on a secondary router. Once a year I put a note downstairs saying thanks for the open wifi ! and a short url to how to use wpa2 properly.

I have nothing against sharing, but I understand we're a bit more open in the Netherlands, we have no traffic limits, we don't get throttled, and we're in the top 5 of fastest consumer internet, not to mention download backups of digital media is legal as long as it's from legal source. Unlike say the Aussies where things are simply a bit different.

 

[Kim]

 

[Anthony Parsons]

not to mention download backups of digital media is legal as long as it's from legal source. Unlike say the Aussies where things are simply a bit different.

Nope, you're allowed to legally have a backup copy of a movie you have purchased here. You are allowed, as example, to legally convert your purchased DVD to digital format to watch on your devices, as long as you aren't sharing it outside of private allowed use.

I don't know about downloading a pirated version to use as a backup though. I think the downloading of a pirate copy is illegal here period...

I wish iTunes and such digital download methods would price the same as shops when movies get older and they want to get rid of them from being a physical product... that is what annoys me about that, you can buy a movie that's been out a few months for $10, but if you buy it via electronic download sources, it costs you full price the same as when they released it. Even buying it a year later, still they have it full price or way higher than buying it in store costs. Its cheaper to buy the thing on disc here, convert it over, then toss the disc away, than buying electronically.

Can't figure that one out here yet...