Neighbour asked to scrounge our wifi

[Atlas23]

Just in case you don't get the general consensus, in response to OP

NO

 

[James J]

Why the hell would you even need to ask?

 

[4T5]

Share my Bandwidth ? Are you completely Mentals ???

 

[G-MAN2004]

Ha, you've got to be joking. Never in a million years.

 

[Yas786]

Ask her to contribute towards the cost of it if she wants to use it.

Other than that no.

Pretty much this, wouldnt let anyone leech off my connection for free...if they want to use it then they can pay towards the cost of the internet.

Thankfully i dont live in a place where i have scrounging chavs

 

[boxman2000]

Are you mad? Not a chance!

 

[Lysander]

She's probably the kind of person who will ask for more the more you give.

It'll start with this and before long she'll be off with your car and the family silver.

 

[drunkenmaster]

If she streams any movies or other copyrighted content you would be blamed as it's your connection. Under no circumstances should you let her use your wifi

That's a two way street, if you constantly download stuff you shouldn't, then you can set yourself up with a scapegoat

If it was an old lady who just used e-mail or something, wasn't well off and it would seem ridiculous to pay 5-15 a month just for 5p's worth of e-mail checking I actually wouldn't mind. But random person who can afford it but won't get their own can stuff off. If they want to contribute towards the bill AND I had a router that allows you to limit the speed to specific users(I did love the hell out of my Draytek years ago) then maybe.

 

[doodah]

Was thinking of setting up a guest network the other day but thought what's the point? If anyone comes over they need only ask for the password (which I know off the top of my head) for the normal network and if I were to make the guest network open access - could neighbours not join?

 

[xxalxx]

The only question, is she hot? if not No.

 

[agnes]

No, you're paying for it, ask her to give a £10 per month and maybe set her up with a restricted account?

 

[VoG]

Hell no, it's your ass in a sling if she does any thing dodgy.

 

[Dunks]

Cheeky cow, of course not!

Not even if she paid.

 

[Cosimo]

The only question, is she hot? if not No.

She can be hot, cold, walk around naked. Sure I'd give her access but not to my internet.

 

[beachBOYken]

Don't broadcast your SSID and tell her that you don't have it.

I would like to do this , but doing the above ,does that mean all you wireless devices cant connect to the hub?

sorry not very techie.

 

[Dunks]

I would like to do this , but doing the above ,does that mean all you wireless devices cant connect to the hub?

sorry not very techie.

No, you just select 'other network' or whatever, and type in the SSID manually.

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[Nimdok]

I would like to do this , but doing the above ,does that mean all you wireless devices cant connect to the hub?

sorry not very techie.

You can still manually enter it, it just won't show publicly to every neighbour with a smartphone.

 

[tom_e]

That's a two way street, if you constantly download stuff you shouldn't, then you can set yourself up with a scapegoat

Doesn't matter it would still be his connection therefore it would still be him that any action would be taken against.

Definite no from me as well, cheeky scrounger.

 

[RedvGreen]

Absolutely no way. Whilst what she does may be innocent, her system could be compromised, which in turn could compromise your entire network (i.e. your NAS).

You do realise the nasty things that occur on the internet, right?

 

[beachBOYken]

No, you just select 'other network' or whatever, and type in the SSID manually.

You can still manually enter it, it just won't show publicly to every neighbour with a smartphone.

thanks guys will give it a try