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Neighbor bullying me for wifi?

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The kids going to college and they don't have internet? Next thing you know you will be buying them a computer, her books, giving her an allowance.

Don't get suckered in, and no its not about being not nice.
 
last time I had a roommate that was killing my internet traffic (he claimed it wasn't him, but like clockwork, I saw traffic slow to a crawl every morning pretty much the minute he powered on his PC), I put him on a static IP and setup QoS to limit the amount of bandwidth he could use.

if you want to avoid confrontation and go the passive-aggressive route, that's what I'd do... or setup a secondary SID for yourself, while blocking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon on the primary SID that your neighbors are using.
 
Ackmed said:
Don't be upset because my solution is the right solution. She has no claim to it, she can take her veiled threats and stick them up her ass. But good job trying to insult me again.
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I didn't try to insult you.


You are a scared little bitch whose only way to feel manly is to bully women and strangers on the Internet. You don't possess the balls to stand up to anyone in real life, so you pretend you are a bad ass online. The fact that you served in itself is a disgrace to the uniform.


Now that is trying to insult you. How did I do?
 
If they're poor, I'd just let them use it. If it affected me, I'd either cut them off, or charge for access.
 
My router (TP-LINK Archer C7) supports a guest SSID with WPA and configurable bandwidth limit out of the box. So my guests get 1Mb/s.

dd-wrt supports QoS on some routers, might see whether your router is supported, though it would only be useful to slow their connection when you're using the link.
 
Belegost said:
My router (TP-LINK Archer C7) supports a guest SSID with WPA and configurable bandwidth limit out of the box. So my guests get 1Mb/s.

dd-wrt supports QoS on some routers, might see whether your router is supported, though it would only be useful to slow their connection when you're using the link.
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dd-wrt supports quite a few access restrictions:
Blocked services, blocked keywords, blocked IPs, QoS with bandwidth limiting, and some level of scheduling of restrictions.
 
rudeguy said:
I didn't try to insult you.


You are a scared little bitch whose only way to feel manly is to bully women and strangers on the Internet. You don't possess the balls to stand up to anyone in real life, so you pretend you are a bad ass online. The fact that you served in itself is a disgrace to the uniform.


Now that is trying to insult you. How did I do?
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4/10, but I'm not sure he warranted much more effort.
 
Elixer said:
I assume you have a router? If so, which one?
There are QoS settings on some routers.
You can also lower the power of your router, so, they could be just out of range. (again, it depends what router).
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This.

Just lower the range.

Ever tried to use free Wifi outside a McDonalds? Those fuckers have the range so dialed in that if you step outside, you immediately lose quality signal, making it nearly unuseable.

Your neighbor will see and be able to connect to the router, but the signal quality would be so shitty that it'll be practically unuseable.
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Alternatively, you can flat out state that you've restricted access on security advice that people can torrent or access unsafe websites that could haunt the owner of the signal and that the owner would be LEGALLY/FINANCIALLY responsible to the abuse, regardless of who the user is.
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...or simply turn off the SSID broadcast and change the SSID name. I'm sure they wouldn't know how to hunt down an unadvertised SSID.
 
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I have it on good authority that she's running a server dishing out kiddie porn. If you leave your front door unlocked the swat team might not use the battering ram on their 3 AM visit. I'm sure she'll be a good neighbor and bail you out of jail though.
 
rudeguy said:
I didn't try to insult you.


You are a scared little bitch whose only way to feel manly is to bully women and strangers on the Internet. You don't possess the balls to stand up to anyone in real life, so you pretend you are a bad ass online. The fact that you served in itself is a disgrace to the uniform.


Now that is trying to insult you. How did I do?
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You could dial back the signal strength to where it doesn't have a major impact on you. Or so I heard.

If you didn't set an expectation that opening up your wifi was temporary, then I can understand your neighbor thinking it is a permanent thing. Think Seinfeld's neighbor Kramer raiding Jerry's refrigerator.

If you are willing to continue to provide access for money, like a gift card every 1-3 months, then say so. Your neighbor was bold enough to ask for a favor. So if you need to set boundaries, do so. Or I could ask you if you want cheese with that whine.
 
rudeguy said:
I didn't try to insult you.


You are a scared little bitch whose only way to feel manly is to bully women and strangers on the Internet. You don't possess the balls to stand up to anyone in real life, so you pretend you are a bad ass online. The fact that you served in itself is a disgrace to the uniform.


Now that is trying to insult you. How did I do?
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You don't have a clue about me or who I am, what I have done. I don't go around pretending anything, I certainly don't bully anyone. My opinion on this matter is shared by many who replied, obviously I am not alone in the opinion he should stand up to her. You know exactly nothing about my service, and I am not going down that road with you. Calling it a disgrace is just ignorant, and you are going on ignore for it. I do not joke around with people about that. I am sure you will continue to reply and insult me, but I will not see it.
 
Tell her the company runs your router remotely and when an unauthorized MAC address is detected it triggers an automatic password change after 48 hours. This security policy is in place to graciously permit visiting guests temporary access, but maintains an above average level of security.


...Or change the network name and set it to not broadcast.
 
TheGardener said:
If you are willing to continue to provide access for money, like a gift card every 1-3 months, then say so. Your neighbor was bold enough to ask for a favor. So if you need to set boundaries, do so. Or I could ask you if you want cheese with that whine.
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A proper weekly blowjob should be considered payment in full.

A weak blowjob should result in less bandwidth for the week.

What's fair is fair. :colbert:
 
TwiceOver said:
You know you are liable for anything they do on your internet connection, right?
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It doesn't have to be a legal liability. The neighbor might want to view porn, and not want Big Data to collect information about her. Thinking about what kind of porn her neighbor likes. :biggrin:
 
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