Who’s on my Wi-Fi

Have a close read at the following complaint

“I thought I had the best data plan in the world until last month. I had just finished subscribing or data and in two weeks my data got zapped! We are only two in the house and we rarely download during the day except at nights when we have free data. Also all my updates are never on auto, I choose when to or not to update. What could be wrong? I suspect someone is on my Wi-Fi!”

Complaints like this one abound. One way to finding who is on your Wi-Fi is by using your routers IP address. Another way is to use a third party app/ program.

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Method 1- using your routers IP address

First how do you get your Ip address? Two ways

1.       By checking the manufacturer support site. You can also check the manual that came with your router.

2.       Using the command prompt on windows – On The start menu (home screen for Win 8), type cmd in the search box to open command prompt. Type ipconfig to see the address of the router (in the red box). you should see something like this:

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On a Mac os, open system preferences from the dock, click on the network icon – look at the number next to “router” that’s the IP address.

Once gotten, the Ip address is to be typed into your web browser then you will be taken to the admin page where you can log in with your username /password. From here you can see a lot that is going on with your connections.

Method 2- using an app or a program

This takes away the whole long process o method 1

Once downloaded and installed, it automatically scans your network for connected devices. You can try “who’s on my Wi-Fi”

Today hackers are becoming more and more sophisticated. Hence the best advice will be to be on the lookout for more devices (that you don’t know) connected to your network – if you do notice this, then it’s time for a new password