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WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

JANFU

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WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
 
JANFU said:
WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
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You would likely need a more sophisticated setup for something like that. If you have 1 IP address and 1 WiFi access point for 24 apartments, my guess is the apartment is unlikely to spring for the necessary tools and/or know-how to take care of it.

There are some measures you could take on your own which may help you locate the problem user, but it would be difficult to be certain without assistance from others.
 
JANFU said:
WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
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Just look around the building for the guy with the hairiest palms. That's most likely to be your guy.
 
JANFU said:
WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
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Easy to see.. if you have access to the router and the router is semi modern. Each IP address should show data amount being transmitted and that way you can find the culprit.

Now if you dont have access to the router, then well.... then it gets more difficult. Contact the provider, they should be able to find the person responsible.
 
PeteEU said:
Easy to see.. if you have access to the router and the router is semi modern. Each IP address should show data amount being transmitted and that way you can find the culprit.

Now if you dont have access to the router, then well.... then it gets more difficult. Contact the provider, they should be able to find the person responsible.
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1 IP for the building
 
Lutherf said:
Just look around the building for the guy with the hairiest palms. That's most likely to be your guy.
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Same guy Trump was talking about? I think I saw him. Big bag of cheeses, hands orange, likes porn
 
JANFU said:
WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
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That sort of stinks all around. It's like hotels, where everyone shares one system. They are not secure for one. And, second, yeah, some moron is downloading 100's of gig and tying up the system bringing everyone else to a crawl.

I suggest buying your own service. It's worth the 50 bucks.
 
Slyfox696 said:
You would likely need a more sophisticated setup for something like that. If you have 1 IP address and 1 WiFi access point for 24 apartments, my guess is the apartment is unlikely to spring for the necessary tools and/or know-how to take care of it.

There are some measures you could take on your own which may help you locate the problem user, but it would be difficult to be certain without assistance from others.
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The owner has many apartment buildings, large scale developer, and this is offered at other buildings and no doubt they have the same issues.
Would the equipment be transferable to other buildings?
 
JANFU said:
WiFi - someone bulk downloading -signal drops/slow/unresponsive

We recently moved into an apartment. Includes, heat, lights, heat and WiFi.
Building has 1 account, 1 IP
Problem, someone is downloading massive amounts of data. We are on a 2.g network
Is there a tool that can be used to locate who is screwing it up for others?

Is it possible to build accounts as I did when I had my own router. 1 IP address, 24 apartment, each with their own account/password. Would that then be traceable for usage???
Thank you
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Two Gigs for 24 apartments? That right there would make the free WiFi useless. I'd get my own internet access.

Your building management...or someone who works for them...has access to that internet account. They have access to the router. The router can tell them which connected device is sucking down large amounts of bandwidth. That device can be restricted. Enough complaints from tenants should get the management to do something about it.
 
JANFU said:
The owner has many apartment buildings, large scale developer, and this is offered at other buildings and no doubt they have the same issues.
Would the equipment be transferable to other buildings?
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Transferable? I guess, but unless they want to get really technical, you could only use it at one building at a time.

Like others have said, if it is a possibility, I recommend looking into getting your own. The only way to solve this problem is for the owner/manager of your apartment to take action and there's a chance they wouldn't know what to do and wouldn't be willing to pay for it.
 
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JANFU said:
1 IP for the building
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Irrelevant.. each apartment has their own internal IP no? A 192.168.X.X or 10.X.X.X or 172.16.X.X address. That means something gives out those IP or it is set up in some router or server.. hence you know where the data is going.

Fact is, most people share the same "internet IP". Why? Because there aint enough IP addresses to go around and they cost money.
 
PeteEU said:
Irrelevant.. each apartment has their own internal IP no? A 192.168.X.X or 10.X.X.X or 172.16.X.X address. That means something gives out those IP or it is set up in some router or server.. hence you know where the data is going.

Fact is, most people share the same "internet IP". Why? Because there aint enough IP addresses to go around and they cost money.
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Depending on the building, it is just as likely to be a basic Linksys E1200 router or something. Wouldn't be many tools on something like that to see traffic flows, even if you could determine which user was assigned to the specific IP.
 
Slyfox696 said:
Depending on the building, it is just as likely to be a basic Linksys E1200 router or something. Wouldn't be many tools on something like that to see traffic flows, even if you could determine which user was assigned to the specific IP.
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Yes that would be a problem but it depends on the router used.. there is software and possibilities to find out. It is not impossible. Hell you can even set up a linux box to sniff out the culptrit.
 
Slyfox696 said:
Depending on the building, it is just as likely to be a basic Linksys E1200 router or something. Wouldn't be many tools on something like that to see traffic flows, even if you could determine which user was assigned to the specific IP.
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Network sniffer would be useful. Several good freeware ones out there (at least last time I looked 4-5 years ago).
 
Gaius46 said:
On the internal interface each device connecting to the router should have it's own 192.x.x.x address.
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Slyfox696 said:
Transferable? I guess, but unless they want to get really technical, you could only use it at one building at a time.
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PeteEU said:
Irrelevant.. each apartment has their own internal IP no? A 192.168.X.X or 10.X.X.X or 172.16.X.X address. That means something gives out those IP or it is set up in some router or server.. hence you know where the data is going.

Fact is, most people share the same "internet IP". Why? Because there aint enough IP addresses to go around and they cost money.
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I assume- tried free copy of acrylic to track all users.
Now I do not know how to use-read interpret.
As it can be downloaded, can be used in multiple buildings, just need a laptop?? yes not- amd I going off the deep end?

I assume- tried free copy of acrylic to track all users.
Now I do not know how to use-read interpret.
As it can be downloaded, can be used in multiple buildings, just need a laptop?? yes not- amd I going off the deepend?


https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/downloads/
 
JANFU said:
I assume- tried free copy of acrylic to track all users.
Now I do not know how to use-read interpret.
As it can be downloaded, can be used in multiple buildings, just need a laptop?? yes not- amd I going off the deep end?

I assume- tried free copy of acrylic to track all users.
Now I do not know how to use-read interpret.
As it can be downloaded, can be used in multiple buildings, just need a laptop?? yes not- amd I going off the deepend?


https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/downloads/
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The key is to have access to the main router of the building. If you have that, and it is just semi modern, then you can get the information you want. That software.. tried it and it basically did nothing. It said I was in northern Portugal for some reason. Guessing it is a configuration thing. Point is, in my limited access on my router, I can see total bandwidth and individual devices bandwidth as standard.

My experience is however, that in such situations as your building is that the administrators of the internet connection (usually the ISP) wont just give access to the system (passwords and login), as that means someone could snoop on people and do other ugly things.
 
Mycroft said:
Two Gigs for 24 apartments? That right there would make the free WiFi useless. I'd get my own internet access.

Your building management...or someone who works for them...has access to that internet account. They have access to the router. The router can tell them which connected device is sucking down large amounts of bandwidth. That device can be restricted. Enough complaints from tenants should get the management to do something about it.
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Yep, we rent a mother in laws unit, the landlord lives in the front house and has wi fi he said feel free to use it, the problem? We are just out of range. It cost us 200$ when we moved in for century link to run a line underground. The funny thing? We both have century link and he can pick up my signal just fine. My 2 year contract will be up soon.

I wonder if there is a way to boost the signal? It would save us 66$ a month.
 
PeteEU said:
Blurry as ****.. cant see anything sorry.
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Will try for a better pic, Jpeg or such and PM you.
Appreciate the help
 
PeteEU said:
Yes that would be a problem but it depends on the router used.. there is software and possibilities to find out. It is not impossible. Hell you can even set up a linux box to sniff out the culptrit.
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Only if you have access. He could possibly use something like Wireshark (if he knew how) and figure out what IP address was consuming the data, but he still wouldn't know which apartment.

Ultimately, there's not much that can be done without different access policies.
Gaius46 said:
Network sniffer would be useful. Several good freeware ones out there (at least last time I looked 4-5 years ago).
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I'm not real good with it, but I've used Wireshark a few times. Found things I've wanted.

Of course, that could possibly lead you to other issues...

JANFU said:
Screenshots if this helps for someone to helps me read it

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All you can do is see the device using it...

On second thought though, if you can discover the local IP address consuming the data, you MIGHT be able to do a nslookup on it (or nbtstat, I've always had poor success with nslookup). If they've named their computer "Bob's Computer", then you'd have your man (and I'm assuming they are male).
JANFU said:
Will try for a better pic, Jpeg or such and PM you.
Appreciate the help
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I wouldn't bother, there's not much in the screenshot that would help anyone.

If you want to take the time to learn Wireshark, you might be able to watch data across the network, identify the IP address sucking down the bandwidth and then possibly trace the IP address to the computer hostname.

EDIT: With a little more research, if you get the IP address, a simple "ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" might work.
 
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