How to connect to neighbours wifi? ( I have their permission btw!!)

Nelly1234

Hey everyone! My kind neighbour gave me his wifi password and told me i could use it anytime I want. Thing is though I am having trouble connecting to his wifi!

I'm not even sure the password actually works! Anyone have any suggestions? Please help

coylemj

He might have the SSID hidden, did you ask for it? If it's not hidden and it doesn't appear on a scan then the signal strength isn't good enough to be received next door.

Wi-Fi passwords are usually case sensitive just in case..

Recurve360

Going through a cavity wall can be a pain with a wifi signal. May struggle to pick up any kind of signal. All depends how far the router is from your pc.

Nelly1234

Recurve360 wrote: »

Going through a cavity wall can be a pain with a wifi signal. May struggle to pick up any kind of signal. All depends how far the router is from your pc.

Thanks for the replies!! his signal is actually really strong and it has all the bars lighting! It's available to connect but I literally can't!!:( what's ssid?

riclad

AVERAGE router has range about 20- 30 ft ,so you may be too far away,
after 20ft my signal disappears .
signal can be blocked by thick walls ,put your laptop ,close to your neighbours wall ,side.
how many bars can you get on a smartphone, ipod touch.
the router is usually within 12 ft of where the main phone terminal box,
or near the cable tv,fibre box.
the password ,say password= User 1 has to be correct ,eg USER 1 will not work.


ssid is the name of the router eg smartelecom 1aa,
the broadband modem device name.
eg the first time i got a router ,on smart,
i think i had to put in username ,
and password,to connect to the web,

which they sent me in a letter 7 years go.

go to eircom, smart ,vodaphone,,homepage ,
eg neighbours broadand provider homepage, help,setup,home broadband, for simple,faq,

router set up,
acess the net ,basic faqs,

some times you put in your username,
leave password box, blank,
click,
ok, connect.
http://www.speedguide.net/faq_in_q.php?qid=81

each company eg eircom,smart ,router modem, has an ssid, to let you know this is your router ,
connect to it.
connect to it ,

Nelly1234

riclad wrote: »

AVERAGE router has range about 20- 30 ft ,so you may be too far away,
after 20ft my signal disappears .
signal can be blocked by thick walls ,put your laptop ,close to your neighbours wall ,side.
how many bars can you get on a smartphone, ipod touch.
the router is usually within 12 ft of where the main phone terminal box,
or near the cable tv,fibre box.
the password ,say password= User 1 has to be correct ,eg USER 1 will not work.
how many bars are you getting on wifi signal.?

The neighbour that's further away from him that also has his permission is using it no bothers!! I'm getting all the bars, which is 5!!

alkev

Ssid is the name of his network ie upc23456, make sure you are not connecting to another neighbours network

Nelly1234

Oh right!! I have the right name tho!

riclad

eg sssid example, eircom 117,
vodaphone 240,
say your neighbour is on eircom,
no point in connecting to vodafone ssids, routers.
make sure the password is correct syntax,
eg ADMIN 2o5,
not admin205.
make sure your router is using the same WIFI security type,
eg wpa/wpa2 ,
maybe your router is not set to wifi security protocol ,wpa/wpa2
.
i think most routers use wpa2 now.

Nelly1234

riclad wrote: »

eg sssid example, eircom 117,
vodaphone 240,
say your neighbour is on eircom,
no point in connecting to vodafone ssids, routers.

I also have windows 8 laptop if that makes any difference?

bonzodog2

Are your wifi card drivers and Windows up to date?
Post your computer model / OS version / wifi card model

edit; your post above answers that!

Nelly1234

riclad wrote: »

eg sssid example, eircom 117,
vodaphone 240,
say your neighbour is on eircom,
no point in connecting to vodafone ssids, routers.
make sure the password is correct syntax,
eg ADMIN 2o5,
not admin205.
make sure your router is using the same WIFI security type,
eg wpa/wpa2 ,
maybe your router is not set to wifi security protocol ,wpa/wpa2
.
i think most routers use wpa2 now.

How to I set wifi as right security type? Right the password he gave me won't work!! Aaaagggggghhhh!!

Nelly1234

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Are your wifi card drivers and Windows up to date?
Post your computer model / OS version / wifi card model

Yes they are up to date:)

riclad

Look at your router, or pc wifi card wifi security settings.
wifi security type protocol,
set to wpa/wpa2 or whatever protocol your neighbours router is using.

most routers are set to wpa/wpa2.

riclad

http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=set+++router+to+wpa2


http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=19073


its possible your neighbour may be using wep wireless security standard.

you may need your router password to acess wifi settings,

try admin,

or look at router label ,underneath the router,
password ,

many routers have username,
password on a label underneath.router,from irish broadband providers.

your neighbour, may not realise,
eircom77,
wont work,

if real password is Eircom 77,

riclad

are you using a wifi router, connected to a pc,
or


just a wifi card on a pc to connect?
is wifi card set to wpa/wpa2?

Nelly1234

Got it working!!! Thanks guys!! Found out I was missing a number in the password!


Anyone know if possible, how can you monitor usage of wifi??

riclad

DOWNLOAD a program called bitmeter 2,it tells you how much data you use,per day,week, in the last month,

http://codebox.org.uk/pages/bitmeter2


each company ,eg eircom,
has a download limit,.
usually 400gig plus,per customer,
check the home page home broadband company faq limits download.

leave it on all the time the pc,laptop is on,

you can put in a limit,download,
eg tell me if i go over 100gig in the next month, in menu,settings.

eg a 3 minute youtube video, non hd, is about 10 megabyte.

Nelly1234

riclad wrote: »

DOWNLOAD a program called bitmeter 2,it tells you how much data you use,per day,week, in the last month,

http://codebox.org.uk/pages/bitmeter2


each company ,eg eircom,
has a download limit,.
usually 400gig plus,per customer,
check the home page home broadband company faq limits download.

leave it on all the time the pc,laptop is on,

you can put in a limit,download,
eg tell me if i go over 100gig in the next month, in menu,settings.

eg a 3 minute youtube video, non hd, is about 10 megabyte.

It says I downloaded 68.78kb today!! Is that alot?

maki

Nelly1234 wrote: »

It says I downloaded 68.78kb today!! Is that alot?

Absolutely tiny. It's probably about equal to the size of this page you're viewing right now.

Soundman

Windows 8 has a built in Usage Meter for Wi-Fi.

Click on the WiFi symbol in your task bar beside the clock.
The list of networks should pop out from the right of the screen.
Right click on the network you are using and click on "Show Estimated Data Usage"

Charlie19

Soundman wrote: »

Windows 8 has a built in Usage Meter for Wi-Fi.

Click on the WiFi symbol in your task bar beside the clock.
The list of networks should pop out from the right of the screen.
Right click on the network you are using and click on "Show Estimated Data Usage"

Would that be the usage for just the Win8 device or the total usage?

Torqay

Charlie19 wrote: »

Would that be the usage for just the Win8 device or the total usage?

These are always local figures. If you want global usage data for your internet connection get a router compatible with DD-WRT or Tomato firmware.

Charlie19

Torqay wrote: »

These are always local figures. If you want global usage data for your internet connection get a router compatible with DD-WRT or Tomato firmware.

I wasn't looking for global, I was just wondering was it usage on a single device or all devices to that particular local network.

I checked my usage on the Win8 device and its only at 2.2GB for the last 10 days, I thought that was quite low considering I've watched a few hours of videos on youtube, couple of movies on netflix and I use torrents.

Cuddlesworth

Charlie19 wrote: »

I wasn't looking for global, I was just wondering was it usage on a single device or all devices to that particular local network.

I checked my usage on the Win8 device and its only at 2.2GB for the last 10 days, I thought that was quite low considering I've watched a few hours of videos on youtube, couple of movies on netflix and I use torrents.

Depends on what you were torrenting but on the whole of it, it seems pretty normal.

Charlie19

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Depends on what you were torrenting but on the whole of it, it seems pretty normal.

A couple of live concerts that I think were close to a GB each and I also downloaded Ubuntu.

Freddy Smelly

what operating system is your system using?

win vista is terrible at wifi... make sure you have the wifi card manufacturer's drivers not the crappy microsoft drivers installed

win 8 requires that you choose "yes" when asked about file & printer sharing otherwise it puts you in a public network with local only access.

Torqay

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

what operating system is your system using?

win vista is terrible at wifi... make sure you have the wifi card manufacturer's drivers not the crappy microsoft drivers installed

Do you ever read threads before posting? May I point you to posts #10 (Windows 8 laptop) and #17 (Got it working!).

Cuddlesworth

Torqay wrote: »

Do you ever read threads before posting? May I point you to posts #10 (Windows 8 laptop) and #17 (Got it working!).

I'm not even sure how Windows Vista can be "terrible" at Wifi. I know it has a bad name(it actually wasn't that bad), but how do you manage to equate OS to Wireless performance?