Jimbo said:How can I be sure someone isnt?
Jimbo said:Could that not be my laptop or would that be the same ip? how can I stop this?
atomiser said:reboot your router, and see if the device re-attaches when it comes back up...
how is your wireless network configured?
i think its about time you changed the ip range of your lan interface, potentially even using a custom subnet mask to limit the number of available ip addresses...
disable dhcp and use static addresses...
then make sure broadcast ssid is disabled...
change your ssid...
change your wep key and make sure it is the highest strength your router will support - probably 128 bit...
look at implementing wpa-psk...
enable mac filtering...
and then see if the person re-attaches!![]()
Jimbo said:Could that not be my laptop or would that be the same ip? how can I stop this?
atomiser said:is your laptops hostname 'desktop' ? and does it have the ip/mac address of the station attached to your router ?
tolien said:DUMeter will only show what's going in and out that machine.
The (lack of) security in WEP is an issue (use WPA if your kit will do it), but it's not particularly relevant to what DUMeter's reporting. Try disconnecting the internet connection and see if it continues, or try TCPView.
IM currently using WEP.. can I use WPA? is it the same sort of thing?
Deathwish said:Im assuming that you are using NAT, and that you internal IP's are 192.168.0.x or similar. If you run whatismyip with NAT enabled then yes you will see the same IP, as you only have a single public facing IP address.
Also, DUMeter will only record incoming and outgoing connections from YOUR pc, nothing to do with the Laptop.
Try running netstat -a in Start > Run > Type "cmd"
It will show you whats currently connecting and where to from your desktop.