How does one disable a wireless internet system/connection without having control of it/its not theirs?

I have an older family member who lives in an apartment complex and he has a wireless internet connection. Every so often it gets disabled by some one else in the apartment complex and I have to go and help her reconnect it. She and I suspect that someone is, from their laptop/computer, disabling her wireless connection. 1. How do they do it? She wants me to have a little fun with the other wireless connection in the complex so the ';kids'; know to not mess with her internet. Will they know - as in can we/they see our IP Address/computer name when they disable her internet. AND 2. Besides, encryption, is it easy to stop it? She doesn't want me to encrypt it, but being in an apartment complex, almost anyone can use it so we don't have other options!?!?How does one disable a wireless internet system/connection without having control of it/its not theirs?
i highly suggest encriptoin because if you dont and if the kids are as smart as you say they may be with computers they may end up changing the encriptoin for them self and you will be in trouble then. also if the look up illegal material it is all traced back to your router.How does one disable a wireless internet system/connection without having control of it/its not theirs?
The short answer is wireless access to the router's web-based admin pages. Anyone who has that can do all sorts of things to the network.





Assuming the wireless connection belongs to your family member, rather than just fight fire with fire, here are some steps you can take to secure it for them. (If the connection does NOT belong to your family member, why are they using it?)





These are all done from the router's web-based administration pages via an Ethernet-connected computer. (Wireless access to those pages is a big security risk.)





1. Disable wireless access to your router's admin pages. Leave admin access for wired machines only. You don't have to keep one machine ON a wire, just leave a wire hanging from the router and connect to it when you need access to the admin pages.


2. Turn off the SSID beacon (broadcasting). You're not running a WiFi hotspot; all your computers should know the network name.


3. Change the SSID (network name) from the factory default so hackers can鈥檛 guess it.


4. Turn on encryption: WEP (for 802.11B/G networks) or WPA (for pure 802.11G networks).


5. Change the router administrator password.


6.Reduce the number of DHCP (automatic IP addressing) addresses in the router to the number of computers you have and no more.





Hope that helps.