Networking question.

Jackal46 said:
That one ****ing 17 year old can give me so much ****ing grief
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You said BiL’s son?

Sisters son or wife’s brother’s son?

Either way, speak to the mom (usually have more clout with 17 year old boys) - don’t accuse, just say you think their son has a virus that affected your network the last time they were there and you had to spend the whole weekend fixing everything. Also, that as a result of that your network is now locked down and unfortunately visitors won’t have access to the WiFi anymore. Tell your wife the same if you haven’t yet gone all befok about your nephew in front of your family.

That way you avoid unnecessary family drama and destruction of other people’s property (yes, you don’t have the right to open his bag and dump his electronics in a bucket of water).

Also, take him aside quietly and tell him that you know what he did the last time he was there in spite of what you said publicly.

17 year olds have no idea of the consequences of their actions.
 
RonSwanson said:
Where is his father?
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I will be having a talk with him, just need to show him what his little shithead was doing first. Then his son can explain to him why he needs all that gear on and hidden. They should be here to visit any minute now. The rain might have slowed them down a bit.
 
AfricanTech said:
You said BiL’s son?

Sisters son or wife’s brother’s son?

Either way, speak to the mom (usually have more clout with 17 year old boys) - don’t accuse, just say you think their son has a virus that affected your network the last time they were there and you had to spend the whole weekend fixing everything. Also, that as a result of that your network is now locked down and unfortunately visitors won’t have access to the WiFi anymore. Tell your wife the same if you haven’t yet gone all befok about your nephew in front of your family.

That way you avoid unnecessary family drama and destruction of other people’s property (yes, you don’t have the right to open his bag and dump his electronics in a bucket of water).

Also, take him aside quietly and tell him that you know what he did the last time he was there in spite of what you said publicly.

17 year olds have no idea of the consequences of their actions.
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Don't worry I will have a good look what is happening before I accuse anyone of anything.
 
Jackal46 said:
I will be having a talk with him, just need to show him what his little shithead was doing first. Then his son can explain to him why he needs all that gear on and hidden. They should be here to visit any minute now. The rain might have slowed them down a bit.
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Take him for a beer / coffee somewhere, to prevent him reacting in anger. He will need to give the matter some thought before lashing out at his son.
 
When I was a teenager, I was using mIRC and some dodgy scripts to access others networks/PC's - got a call from "a security liaison" officer at Global Internet Access and was told that they were laying charges against me for malicious damage done to their client's PC's - I properly k@k'd myself.

Maybe find out who his ISP is at home and get a colleague to call him from the "ISP" as a security liaison officer and threaten him with charges being laid - also have his folks in on it - he'll think twice before he does anything on the net in the future.
 
Shortly after their arrival the net acted funny again. We lost connection but I kind of knew what was going on.

My wife called them to the kitchen for Pizza and when he walked back to the living room he saw me holding his backpack. I looked at him and asked him to explain. I looked at his dad and explain my situation. His dad wasn't happy. It seems it wasn't the first time he pulled this stunt. He was then forced to turn everything off including his phone and put it in the car.

So it wasn't just paranoia, my daughter interrogated him for a bit then he was left to sit on his own. His dad apologized a few times but he is 17, he is just going to do it to someone else. Well he is not allowed to bring is toys or his phone into our home again. His dad assured me his toys will stay at home but I am just going to not trust him ever again.
 
Dude is probably packing a pineapple in his bag... not the fruit though.
But it is all fun and games until the police knock on your door with a legit arrest warrant with your name on it and you get escorted in handcuffs to the police van in front of your family.

Times have changed. The actions of this teen with regards to the intrusion and/or disruption of your home network and connected devices with a device that specifically facilitates this action that is in his possession is now considered a cybercrime and is classified as a criminal act.
Have a read here for the full details: https://cybercrime.org.za/law

So I would suggest that you pass the above article on to the parents of this kid and give them a friendly warning that if you catch the kid performing anything unsavoury to your home network again you will be laying criminal charges against him. You can leave the speech of the repercussions of having a criminal record attached to one's identity (if found guilty) for his parents to convey. This should be a sufficient wakeup call for everyone involved that this situation isn't merely innocent playing around with no consequences attached. Dude is messing around with his future in a very bad way.

If the above doesn't deter his actions then a drive to the nearest police station with him and his bag should punch in a stronger message. (when to turn around I'll leave up to your own discretion, as I would assume you would know when the rolling tears are big enough to indicate that the message has hit home)

Lastly, although I feel that pulling weeds and general garden service is a worthy "community service" for his bad behaviour and your own grief with the situation, I would strongly advise against allowing him anywhere near your vehicles. Unless you want to add an "intentional destruction/vandalization of private property" criminal charge to his rap sheet. If he has no concern over the hacking of your home network then he probably will have no concern damaging your movable property either.
 
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Jackal46 said:
Shortly after their arrival the net acted funny again. We lost connection but I kind of knew what was going on.

My wife called them to the kitchen for Pizza and when he walked back to the living room he saw me holding his backpack. I looked at him and asked him to explain. I looked at his dad and explain my situation. His dad wasn't happy. It seems it wasn't the first time he pulled this stunt. He was then forced to turn everything off including his phone and put it in the car.

So it wasn't just paranoia, my daughter interrogated him for a bit then he was left to sit on his own. His dad apologized a few times but he is 17, he is just going to do it to someone else. Well he is not allowed to bring is toys or his phone into our home again. His dad assured me his toys will stay at home but I am just going to not trust him ever again.
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Ok so he was doing something..

But to what end, other than to piss you off?
 
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