Kicked from home network

DominicStar · 15 Mar 2010 at 21:00

My friend lives in shared student accomodation. Recently a flatmate moved her partner in who has a degree in computing and networking of some sort (not sure how relevant that is). Some arguments have occurred between my friend and this guy and every time it happens, he loses his internet connection for several hours.

The setup is Virgin Media with wireless router which is shared by 2 people. Is it feasible that this might be deliberate? It has only happened four times in total since they had the internet in the house and every time has followed an argument. Obviously it could be pure coincidence but the odds are building against it every time it happens. :confused:

cooljimy84 · 15 Mar 2010 at 23:25

could well be... u don't need a degree in computing to take down the net if u have access to the router, either via wireless or by hardware....

does the wireless signal go ? (if ur running wireless)
is the router still on a flashing as it should be ?

Beerbaron · 15 Mar 2010 at 23:34

change the password to the router

Gangster · 15 Mar 2010 at 23:39

Beerbaron only problem is they could just push the reset pin on the back which would revert it to default... unless its got the setting to keep the same password even when reset... in which case you're onto a winner.

If so find out password, look at settings to see if there is "keep password even when factory reset" then change the password and then even if they attempt to reset it after an argument you'll still have net access.

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BloodyL · 16 Mar 2010 at 01:45

Where is the router physically located?

PistolPete · 16 Mar 2010 at 13:52

and what model is the router?

s0ck · 16 Mar 2010 at 14:46

Typical BOFH action

Edward78 · 16 Mar 2010 at 15:51

Can you use DDWRT on the router? You can disable the reset button with it.

Immsy · 16 Mar 2010 at 15:59

Do you pay something towards this connection and if she does he? Tell him to mind his own business if you pay for it and he doesnt. If he doesnt change stop paying for it.

shmacks · 16 Mar 2010 at 23:35

This is definitely possible and very easy to do as i used to do it to people when they refused to stop running limewire and other terrible network leeching programs. It's a simple case of blocking your friends mac address which this guy will be able to see once he logs into the router.

Couple of ways around this are change the password on the router away from the default and then stop him from physically being able to access it to reset it.

matthab · 17 Mar 2010 at 05:52

When it goes try changing you IP to a static IP moved away from the IP given to you by DHCP if it works then something fishy is going on. These kinds of disputes are very hard to settle and can explode into a even bigger dispute.

Also if its anything like netgear routers they log when the a admin logs in and what the ip is etc. Cross reference that with the times of outages and screen print it all. THen you have good evidence to either go to the land lord or his misses.

iNPUt · 17 Mar 2010 at 11:06

I want to know the arguments, torrents and stuff do my head in this is why we are looking to get a QoS router.