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wi-fi password obtained by another person

ben731 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:09:57 GMT

Hi,

I recently had a new P.C.

My brother set it up for me and took my Wi-Fi password which I objected to. He said he could use his moblie phone's data quicker with my Wi-Fi.

Last week I logged onto the internet and a message popped up saying something like another device was using this service.

Is this my brother using my internet? If so how can I stop him.

Ben 731

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

jab1 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:14:08 GMT

@ben731 Yep, it sounds very much like it - you need to change the Wi-Fi password on your Hub - and don't tell your brother the new one.

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

Marksfish — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:47:38 GMT

Never seen this message on any of the services/ routers I have ever had.

Mark

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

iannewson — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 19:57:18 GMT

More than likely its microsoft saiying that another device is using its account ( the new pc) rather than the router or anything to do with plusnet

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

jab1 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:13:10 GMT

@iannewson Thanks - I'd forgotten Microsoft did this - Must be 6 years, maybe more, since I touched a later edition of that OS than W7.

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

dvorak — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:10:04 GMT

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Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

corringham — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:28:07 GMT

@ben731 wrote:

Is this my brother using my internet? If so how can I stop him.

Unless your brother is close enough to your router to get a Wi-Fi connection he can't be using your internet.

It isn't clear what the message you saw relates to - as mentioned by others it is likely that an account that you have (microsoft, teams, google, etc.) has been connected to by more than one device (e.g. a phone and your laptop) and it is just letting you know. Those accounts often remember a connection for days if you don't explicitly log out.

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

Townman — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:30:31 GMT

@ben731 wrote:

Hi,

I recently had a new P.C.

My brother set it up for me and took my Wi-Fi password which I objected to. He said he could use his moblie phone's data quicker with my Wi-Fi.

Last week I logged onto the internet and a message popped up saying something like another device was using this service.

Is this my brother using my internet? If so how can I stop him.

There is no context here to offer meaningful advice.

What WiFi password - that of your Plusnet router or some other WiFi hotspot, such as your mobile phone?
What does "use mobile data quicker with your wifi" mean? "mobile data" generally refers to the mobile data bandwidth allowance - if he were using your wifi, he'd not be using his mobile data - as written, the statement does not make sense
Logged into what on the "internet"? This is not a message which would come from a Plusnet router.
Why do you feel the need to stop your brother using your Plusnet internet connection? All packages have unlimited data use ... OK if you are talking about your mobile phone's data, that is an entirely different story

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

ben731 — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:33:40 GMT

I do not know what my brother means. He says his mobile phone data is better when using my wi-fi. I do not understand his reasoning.

My passowrd has been changed and he does not have it.

Thank you for all the replies, I appreciate the responses.

Ben 731

Re: wi-fi password obtained by another person

pint — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:42:54 GMT

By mobile data is better when using wifi, perhaps he means there is a limit on how much mobile data he can use with his phone contract/deal

Or he is one of the many who do not understand that Wifi is not the internet.

If this message is coming from a microsoft account you have you should log into it and check everything, possibly changin passwords etc