topic Re: WiFi users in Fibre

WiFi users

Megz4443 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:38:56 GMT

Hi.
I have the Amazon eero.
people walking past my house can connect to my WiFi. How do I disable this so you need to put the password in.

Thanks

Re: WiFi users

ferguson — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:14:38 GMT

Um, are you sure? You need a password to set up and connect eero to your own devices, nobody else can connect unless they know that password.

Re: WiFi users

Megz4443 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:21:55 GMT

A few times people have walked past my house and I’ve got a notification to say they’ve joined my WiFi. It’s so strange.

Re: WiFi users

Karl-TalkTalk — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:07:30 GMT

Unless your Wi-Fi has been set to Open, all users connecting to Wi-Fi would need to know the password.

Wi-Fi broadcasts are public so and device going passed can see the Wi-Fi and the eero may detect a connect request from a device but this would then be refused if the correct password was not submitted. This is the normal workings of Wi-Fi connections.

Thanks

Karl.