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Originally Posted by Blossom
Paging PC gurus, Dennis, Kat...
How could I tell if someone was stealing my internet? ...
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You might be able to detect an intruder by looking at the router's logs. Most routers will log the client connections by their unique MAC addresses. You could compare the logged MAC addresses with the addresses of your computers and devices. If there is a strange MAC address (one that doesn't belong to any of your equipment) then there may be some neighbor that is "borrowing" bandwidth.
The easiest was to block this type of issue is to enable a "white list" (opposite of a black list) in your router's software. Add all of the MAC addresses for your equipment to this list. Any unlisted MAC address will then be blocked by the router.