When to cut the neighbours internet connection off?

[Sammyham88]

New neighbours moved in across the hall from me yesterday. They knocked on to introduce themselves and ask if they could get the password for the wifi, their English was very broken and I'd just got out the shower so feeling a tad embarrassed being stood there with sopping wet hair and also not wanting to coming across rude on our first meeting just gave it to them..

However my connection is shite now, everything is taking ages to load or stream and I'm kinda worried that with our struggling to communicate properly they think the wifi is included like I've had in other buildings I've lived in before, really don't want to bring up this issue so soon when I've only just met them and given them the code.

AIBU to give it two weeks and then change the password and if they say anything respond by saying I'd have thought they'd probably have their own connection set up by now or should I stop being a wuss, give it a couple of days and then pop around to explain the situation? After having a complete arse living across from before I really don't want us to get off on the wrong foot

You don't need to justify yourself, but if they push just say your connection isn't strong enough for them to use too. And recommend some providers.
Don't let them walk all over you.

I would reset the router. There should be a small reset button on the router and then when it is reset change the password.

You don't need to explain anything to them. If you want to though just tell them that there WiFi was running slow.

montfleur depends on the hardware, chipset, type of VPN, type of connection etc and is very variable, but there is always an overhead to encryption (adding headers, increased packet size, increased CPU cycles etc). Barely noticeable on enterprise connections, might be on OPs/WiFi. Bandwidth will be a constant but RT will be affected due to encryption overhead, to some degree or other. Most noticable on consumer WiFi, esp if its throttled by the provider as it will be triggered earlier on the OPs connectuon if they are using a VPN.

YABU. Cut off their access immediately.

Rule of thumb for life Never agree to anything when caught on the hop

Acceptable responses when under surprise pressure are:
Hmm, maybe, I'll think about it and get back to you.
I can't decide now, I'll get back to you later.
If you need an answer right now then it will have to be no.
No, sorry, I can't
then sympathetic smile, say no more words, wait for them to speak. For some reason people women seem to have trouble with saying a friendly but blunt no without blethering on with mad explanations. From the moment you've said no the other person's mind is whirring to find other solutions - they don't give a crap about your mad made up blurted out reason you just look like a loon. God I needed to get that off my chest.

Cut it off and tell them your wifi is broken...if they ask. Why would you gice your password??? Why not just say you have no wifi.

Change the name of your WIFI to #NOTANYMOREMATE

OMG I am astounded that they asked, maybe they thought it was included in the rental of the flat, a bit like some student properties?

Also astonished that you gave it to them.
I would reset the password today, no explanation needed, if they ask about it just tell them that yours is broken and you are not renewing it.

They won't live anywhere (at home) where wifi is paid for for the entire building.

Also foreign students are paying nearly £20K for each year of tuition, as well as accommodation etc - these students will not be broke.

Hope you've changed the password now op?

You've been kind in giving it to them but it's inconveniencing you as it's slowing down your access.

They're probably not broke, either...!

@SofiaAmes I wasn't being serious about a career rethink! That's the point of studying, to become educated on this stuff... I'm only just about to go into it.

You meant well but as making yours slow you need to chnage password and not give it

Change name as well

Do not give them a note explaining

If they ask just say yours has broken and they will need to connect to their own

Does anybody think OP should change the password? 😂😂😂

FFS - it’s only been suggested 300 times!

Hope you’ve changed the password. If they’re in your WiFi they can access any other device on the network. You don’t know that they’re not hacking your phone and computer.

I think its lovely you gave them the password, they sound like young students who are prob a bit clueless, if it were my daughter i'd be grateful that they were living near someone prepared to help, however I do think 24 hours is enough time, you've been more than generous. I would change the password and not say anything, wait for them to knock and explain that wifi is not shared, they may not know this. You sound like a lovely person but you do need to be more firm!

@Inspectorlkmen how on earth did you get that idea?

You're not paying attention

Languid

Sorry. I'll try to pay attention from now on.

Perhaps the OP should change her password?

If they're students, they will be able to get internet access at their university / college library. So they can still contact their families etc and do admin things. If they want WiFi at home they'll have to pay.

If someone knocked on my door asking for the password I'm pretty sure my first reaction wouldn't be to give it to them .

Cut em off now OP - without cups of tea. If they come knocking and making you feel awkward, just say you made a mistake and each flat has to buy their own. Shut door.

OP, no more advice than already given but ignore all the people on here being nasty to you. You've already admitted it was a mistake, theres no need for the continous nastiness.

When you're done changing the password, be sure to cancel the cheque too!

Turn the router off and change the password. Giving your WiFi code to strangers is crazy. I understand you were caught off guard but stop it now. If they come round again explain you did it as a favour to get their own connection sorted but yours is private and in UK we have our own separate providers. If they are students they must know how to arrange this.

Maybe op can’t reply as she’s turned her WiFi off?

but there is always an overhead to encryption (adding headers, increased packet size, increased CPU cycles etc

So what? The router isn't doing the encryption.

Bandwidth will be a constant but RT will be affected due to encryption overhead,

How? The encryption is done by the end user, right? You might be confusing it with an enterprise link in which there is an encrypted tunnel between two routers, where the routers themselves encrypt and decrypt the traffic (although if you're doing that you'd have hardware assistance, and anyway AES encryption on modern processors is essentially free). But if a user brings up a VPN to a remote VPN server, as is common at home, then the encryption is being done by the user's laptop and the router is just shifting traffic. Yeah, the packets might be fractionally larger than their unencrypted form, but there is no encryption being done by the router, so no load on its CPU.

I feel for you OP. Nothing irritates me more than people abusing a persons good nature.

I would only ask for a neighbours password in a dire emergency and wouldn't be using it to stream movies and download games which is what they are probably doing.