Posted on 10/24/2016 10:12:52 PM PDT by dayglored
Vey series.
Could you pass this on dayglored - it helps people identify all devices feeding on their wireless network.. (download link at bottom of reply)
http://www.komando.com/downloads/2251/see-who-is-stealing-your-internet/2
This free download provides you with a list of every device connected to your wireless network.
Wireless Network Watcher scans your network and shows you the IP address, MAC address, name and manufacturer of the computers, tablets and smartphones it detects on your network.
Note: Each computer has a unique IP address, or Internet Protocol Address. Some computer hardware have addresses, too. Theyre known as MACs, or Media Access Control.
As soon as you boot up Wireless Network Watcher, youll see all the detected devices come up on the list. You should be able to recognize all the devices on it. If you dont, you know somebody is connected without your permission.
Download instructions
Click on the blue link below. Scroll down the page until you see in purple, Download Wireless Network Watcher with full install/uninstall support (wnetwatcher_setup.exe). Wireless Network Watcher will automatically download. Open the executable file and follow the step-by-step installation instructions.
Download:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html
Description
Wireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
Priceless!
Thanks for the update dayglored.
I looked at your list, went to the article and waded through theirs and could find nothing in the slightest to convince me to move from Win 7.
Keep trying MSFT.
I'll take a look tonight and maybe post a thread on it. Thanks!!
Lotta people agree with you, I among them. I use Win10 when I have to, at work, and only because I have to. I have it in a VM at home to support late-night work activities. I've gotten used to it enough that I can get work done in it, but it's a constant struggle against doing things "naturally" which is easy in Win7 and often impossible in Win10.
Thanks dayglored...
Here’s a comment from an earlier thread:
‘Smart’ home devices used as weapons in website attack
10/22/2016 2:50:28 PM PDT · 27 of 38
McGruff to GOPJ
Good tip. I tried it out. A couple of things on my network I cant identify at the moment. I can vouch for Nirsoft utilities. Ive used some of them. Amazing tiny programs.
Download site:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html
Or worse: "What d'fark did I just read?"
As they say, "Rust never sleeps". ;-D
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