You are ready at home to stream the latest episodes of your favourite shows Popcorn has been popped, you’re in your favourite place and everything is perfect. When you start Netflix, however, the video tends to be blurry and buffer. Is your internet provider reducing things? Probably.
However, in the coming days you will start to notice that the internet is getting randomly slow on any gadget, be it video streaming or you are surfing on your tablet or computer as usual.
It could just be your connection – or someone could steal your internet, suck up valuable bandwidth and leave you and your gadgets without any residual power.
How do you know which one it is? If someone steals your internet, what can you do about it? Keep reading and I’ll give you bloody details.
Is someone stealing your internet?
Here you can learn about check weather your internet is stealing by someone or not. Check your network and check its speed and range thoroughly.
Log in to your router and check the section that shows which gadgets are attached to it. If you need help, see your router’s manual for instructions on how to log in. Some time we are not able to find the manual of Router so we need to download digital manual from official website of the router company.
If you want a simple solution, you can grab the appropriately named wireless network watcher. With the help of this program, you will easily know which device is connected to your Wi-Fi network. You can quickly fire it whenever you want to test it or leave it open.
Once you have a list of connected gadgets, identify the gadgets you belong to. For example, you should appear in the list using your computer name. You must have the manufacturer’s name somewhere on your tablet or smartphone.
If you can’t make it to the top of the list or on the tail, just turn off each gadget one by one, or disable the gadget’s Wi-Fi to find out what. I will write this for future reference.
When you find a gadget that is connected to a network that is not yours, you know you have a criminal. If the Internet slows down, you may need to check back a few times. Maybe the criminal is just using your internet frequently.
How to secure your Wi-Fi
Even if you find a rogue connection, you can’t tell who is connected. OK, unless you want to hide the names of your neighbors’ gadgets and check their MAC addresses at home. But Personally, I will not tell anyone to do this because it is not right.
Fortunately, it doesn’t matter. Encrypting your Wi-Fi network will usually be enough to keep intruders away Tap or click here to see how to protect your Wi-Fi against intruders.
In fact, your Wi-Fi network should be protected, no matter what. There are lots of scary stories of criminals or perverts using someone else’s Wi-Fi to hack attacks or trade illegal images. If you are the owner of a Wi-Fi network, then you have to take care that the devices connected to your network should work properly not any illegal activity.
If your network is already encrypted, and one is still running, you should change your password immediately. Then keep an eye on things to see if they can move forward again.
If they do, they’ve probably entered your router and set up a backdoor. Reset your router to factory settings – check your manual for instructions and then set up again. This means changing the default password, enabling encryption, choosing a new SSID, and turning off any remote management features.
Note: I want to tell you one important thing that if you want to keep your Wi-Fi safe, then keep changing the password of your Wi-Fi from time to time. And reset the password of all your connected devices.
How to increase the speed of slow Wi-Fi
If you go through these steps and don’t see the unauthorized connection to your Wi-Fi and your internet is still slow, you need to solve more problems. Check your internet speed to see if it matches the amount you’re paying. Try running it a few times, both directly on the router and plugged in via Wi-Fi.
If your Wi-Fi speed is slower than your Internet speed, you may need to upgrade your router. It can get stuck with all your gadgets. Otherwise, call your internet provider and see what the story is about.