Giving wifi password to neighbor?

[Learux]

Besides him up/downloading music/ illegal porn etc, is there any security risks involved.

Will he be able to look around in the various other devices connected to the router?

It is WPA2-PSK authentication if that makes a difference.

Tx

[Vindir]

As a kid I was often scolded, "If you don't respect your toys, why should others?"

I figure you could replace toys for passwords here. How well do you know the guy? How well do you know his friends?

[Steve R Jones]

Be sure and NOT mention this to your ISP since it's probably against the contract you signed with them.

He'll be a part of your network and can probably access any shared folders you have.

[kujoe2002]

Like people have said, how well do you actually know this person? If you were family, then that might be one thing but as acquaintances, I'd be wary. Anything he does illegal online comes through you. As long as you are aware of the potential risks involved and are ok with them...

If you do decide to give your network pass to him, then I would un-share your files and folders. That's almost a no brainer.

[Loser-P]

If your router has a guest wifi option that can prevent your neighbor from seeing other computers/devices on your main network, and depending on how it's implemented may also prevent them from accessing the router management pages or forwarding ports via UPNP.

[Geforce255]

Set up a VLAN and he won't have access to your stuff.

Better yet, tell him to get his own WiFi.

[James]

If your router has a guest wifi option that can prevent your neighbor from seeing other computers/devices on your main network, and depending on how it's implemented may also prevent them from accessing the router management pages or forwarding ports via UPNP.

This right here ^^ Guest network options on newer routers are amazing for just this reason. They route to the internet only. No local network access at all.

[Learux]

Tx guys, I look into that, He is only in the house two days a month. Don't want to be an ***, don't want him snooping in my files either.

[Timman_24]

It's not being a **** to keep your wifi to yourself. Just tell him its against your ISP policy. I wouldn't share my wifi even if my best friend lived next door

[rimmerchant]

You can share your internet with your neighbor just make sure to put them on the "Guest wifi" on your router that way it separates them from your internal network.

Heres another added bonus:

Also you can do this, If your router doesn't isolates each device on the same guest network. you can sniff their packet when you want to
If your router does isolate each device. temporally switch the guest wifi ssd/pw with the internal network wifi and then u can sniff their packets