A decrease in the speed of the Internet connection with an increase in the amount of traffic consumed indicates a possible hacking of the home Wi-Fi network. In this respect informs Referring to the words of Nikita Utkin, Director of Technology Standards for ANO NTI Platform and Head of TC 194 Cyber-Physical Systems, RT.
“There are two indicators by which you can find out about the connection of third parties to your home network: speed and traffic. If the speed drops steadily and the traffic increases steadily, it means that someone who has learned your password is connecting to your Wi-Fi,” RT Utkin says.
The expert stated that you can check whether there is an unauthorized connection to a Wi-Fi point through the web interface of the router that opens when you enter the IP address of the device in the address bar of the browser. You can find out the router’s IP address from the connection properties.
According to Utkin, “internet theft” is relatively easy to avoid. Do not forget that to do this, you need to change the standard username and password from the router and access point, and also periodically update them.
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