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How do I get more information on a potential network freeloader?
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Mar 15, 20261027 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a home network set up, complete with a relatively good password. I'm in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and have been noticing, on occasion, a computer showing up in my Finder's Shared section, that is not one of my own (the "pe-xpjalle" box pictured below). He has a tendency to come and go. Ho…
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If he's already broken your encryption, MAC address filtering won't get you anywhere. The easiest and safest way to harden your network is to change the password to your network and enable WPA2 encryption.
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