Neighbours and my WIFI

[Imrubbishatuserables]

Hey!
Straight to point I got a new neighbour in my block of flat a few months ago and she asked for my wifi password to connect her console to so they could watch netflix.. i thought why not.. one other thing connected to it wont harm and she has just moved in.. it's her first home she hasn't had chance to set up her own yet. She then gets a new tv in the last few weeks and connects to my wifi but she has also connected her phone and her mates phone to it as well as they are picking up our google speakers on the network her mate joked they should play songs through my sons one in his room from their phones. So I have no idea how to change the password but would I be unreasonable to turn it off every night at 8PM? Considering we are in lockdown and she cant get her own during this time as they will need to come and connect it up. Previous tenant in that flat never had wifi either.

Another vote for circles

I know plenty of people who share their Wifi. Why would it be a troll? Odd reaction to entirely normal predicament...

I spent 2 hours in tesco this afternoon so maybe she did knock who knows. It was only a social media message.

I find it hilarious that someone thinks I'm a troll.. I've never trolled in my whole life (the internet part of my life) haha

I think you should respond "is it? Sorry to hear, suggest you contact your provider"

Just reply that you can't afford it anymore!

Has she mentioned to you recently that she is still using it? Pretending you didnt know she was still using it is a good plan if not

@Mumto1andthetinybun yeah it was mentioned last weekend about the speaker coming up on the network.. so I knew which made me start the thread to begin with.

It wish it was like data and I could use it all up watching 90 episodes of gilmore girls on netflix 😂

Your going to have to bite the bullet and respond- i would play casual and say mines fine you should check with your provider. If she comes back stating she has been using yours then I would let rip and simply tell her she is taking the piss and to pay for her own wifi

Too late now, seeing as OP has changed her SSID and password ...

But: when we were young and bored students at the school of computer science, we would remove any and all protection on out WiFi, rename it to something like "X place free WiFi" and run a packet sniffer on it.

While it's horribly illegal to spy on other people's network, it's perfectly fine to monitor your own.

This used to be a lot of fun! Also, people do weird arse shit on the internet!

Blatant place marking, I am far to invested in this. Sorry you are in a tricky spot, all from being a nice neighbour initially.

Sort of glad the CF is back. I was worried I had got sucked into 22 pages of 'just change your password!'

Haha im glad I'm keeping you occupied during lockdown..

Maybe 'ooh were you still relying on mine? Sorry, I had police along the weeks ago about cyber crime that was linked to my ip address. I had to prove it was nothing to do with me, and my service provider has made sure everything is secure now. I'll let them know you also had the password'.

Good read. Looking forward to seeing your update with reply

Are people really this cheeky in real life??? She's piggy backed on your WiFi and now 4 months in she's got the brass neck to tell you the WiFi you're paying for and she's getting for free as a result is not working!!!

I wouldn't reply to her message! And if you see her or she knocks, just tell her that now you're working from home your work have provided you with a remote connection that you don't know the password too so you've had to unplug your router for the foreseeable?? Some BS like that! If you're feeling mega brave you could always suggest her getting her own??

The longer you leave it to reply, the more awkward it gets .... reply, "mines okay, best contact your provider". If she says she's using yours still, reply with, "the use of my wifi was only temporary while you ordered your own, I'm now working from home due to covid19 and need a secure network so am unable to help you out any longer, i didn't actually realise you were still using mine lol".

But OP DID knnow she was still using it she can hardly turn round now and say she didnt! Makes her look a bit of an idiot.
Just tell the truth, you are safeguarding your son and your wifi and she can get (and pay for ) her own now its about time.

Are people really this cheeky in real life??

They really are. When I first got wifi installed in my old house the neighbour sent her 7 year old round to ask for the wifi password!

@Imrubbishatuserables any further updates or has your neighbour got the message?

Much as I'd love you to say mine's fine... it makes no sense if you've had a chat in the last week and know she's using it.

Plus even though she's a cf it's not worth falling out over.

You don't have to explain yourself though, 'sorry, something's come up, I've had to change my PW and you'll need to sort your own provider out' should suffice.

Oh, she knows that you know that she's been using it all this time? I misunderstood, thought you'd only overheard her & her friend discussing it......

it can be throttled though some tariffs dont allow unlimited use-just say you were charged so you cant do it anymore

You don’t have to reply at all if you don’t want to. You don’t owe her any explanations. If it makes you feel awkward don’t bother. Not your problem.

I would reply "I've heard if you turn it off and on again it can reset itself. Who's your service provider because you could check with them to see if there is an outage or known fault in the area."