It’s not unusual for a home Wi-Fi connection to be slower because one of the neighbors is connecting to a router and stealing Internet traffic. About a simple way to detect a thief told “Hitting the Primer” Denis Kuskov, CEO of the Telecom Daily agency.
“If there is a suspicion of theft, you should first check your Wi-Fi-connected devices such as smart TV, laptop, smart phone. They can significantly slow down the speed of your internet, ”said Kuskov.
In his opinion, the easiest way is to disconnect all devices from the network at the same time and check the indicator on the router that shows active use.
The head of Telecom Daily explained that if the indicator continues to flash when no device is connected to the network, this clearly indicates Wi-Fi theft.
“The main rule to prevent further theft of your internet is to create a new strong password. It would be more accurate to transform it into a complex one consisting of numbers, letters, uppercase and lowercase letters,” he said.
Kuskov also recommended that you set “Deny all unregistered devices accessing the Internet” in the router settings interface and create a registry for all your devices with a fixed IP.
It was previously reported that installing a router is dangerousIf there are refrigerators and microwave ovens nearby, these devices may interfere with each other.