Share WiFi with neighbour?

[pedruid]

I have a very nice neighour who only has an el cheapo Tablet but he doesn't have WiFi at home (cant afford). I am looking to help him out and share with him as I have a 10 meg line. Would this be foolish of me and compromise my security?

 

[dunkyd]

Is he Nigerian ?

 

[pedruid]

Is he Nigerian ?

NO, he's a not very well off Afrikaaner.

 

[Tacet]

Depending on your router you might be able to setup a separate AP for him that allows access to the WAN but not to your LAN.

 

[SauRoNZA]

If your Router supports Guest access, then there's no risk to you really.

 

[werfie]

I have a very nice neighour who only has an el cheapo Tablet but he doesn't have WiFi at home (cant afford). I am looking to help him out and share with him as I have a 10 meg line. Would this be foolish of me and compromise my security?

NO, he's a not very well off Afrikaaner.

:wtf:

 

[SYNERGY]

NO, he's a not very well off Afrikaaner.

Confused.

Very well off but can't afford.

It's illegal to share - thou you can still do it like everyone else.

 

[pedruid]

He's not well off and not Nigerian.

 

[Electric]

Just give him your wifi password and go from there.
If the guys going to abuse the wifi you'll notice pretty quickly.

 

[AthenianOwl]

I have a very nice neighour who only has an el cheapo Tablet but he doesn't have WiFi at home (cant afford). I am looking to help him out and share with him as I have a 10 meg line. Would this be foolish of me and compromise my security?

It will bite your ass later, mark my words.

 

[pedruid]

Thanks guys for the advice. I'll think long and hard about providing access.

 

[Electric]

Personally I don't see the issue.
If he uses too much data you change the wifi password.

To those talking about Lan access, they are 2 different things.

 

[Crystal Web]

Thanks guys for the advice. I'll think long and hard about providing access.

You can create a separate AP on the router (if it supports it) and only give that password to him.

 

[kianm]

If your Router supports Guest access, then there's no risk to you really.

Until the day they get a PC and start downloading the internets, innocently

 

[Tacet]

Personally I don't see the issue.
If he uses too much data you change the wifi password.

To those talking about Lan access, they are 2 different things.

Yes, but only if configured correctly. Simply giving him the current password will put him in the same LAN as the OP.

 

[Electric]

Yes, but only if configured correctly. Simply giving him the current password will put him in the same LAN as the OP.

Not if you give him the wifi password from the router as this won't allow access to your workgroup.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Until the day they get a PC and start downloading the internets, innocently

Many routers support quotas and everything on the Guess access these days.

 

[Skerminkel]

Afrikaner

- only one "a" in the third syllable.

 

[xera]

Confused.

Very well off but can't afford.

It's illegal to share - thou you can still do it like everyone else.

Well off in comparison, because he's not Nigerian? :erm:

If he says he just wants to access from his tablet:
- Create a separate AP (if supported)
- Log him in with a secret password (he doesn't need to know)
- Lock it so that only his el-cheapo tablet's MAC address is allowed to access that AP.
- Setup QoS

Job done.

 

[crackersa]

hope he isn't into child porn......