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  • January 26, 2021 at 9:50 pm #2142138

    IPv4 Address

    by michaelyarbrough19751 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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    If someone has my IPv4 Address can they monitor what I’m doing if I disable my wireless network? Under my WPA2-PSK Security Settings my Encryption is AES and I have a passphrase setup.

    If I enable my wireless network if someone has my IPv4 Address will they show up on my Wireless Network Watcher? How do I kick them off permanently or do I just need to change my IPv4 Address?

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    • January 26, 2021 at 10:37 pm #2417465

      ReL IP-address

      by keesb2 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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      Wireless networks don’t use an IP-address, but an SSID and password. So it doesn’t make any difference if you know his IP-address or not.
      Like knowing somebody’s phone number doesn’t make any difference in breaking in into his house.

      • January 27, 2021 at 4:36 am #2417458

        IPv4 Address

        by michaelyarbrough19751 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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        Then why is a VPN recommended? Thank you.

        • January 27, 2021 at 9:22 am #2417450

          Re: why is a VPN recommended

          by keesb2 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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          Because they want to sell it.

          In fact, your IP stays the same if you use a VPN. Otherwise the VPN server can’t communicate with you. So, whatever a VPN protects against, it’s not against a neighbor knowing your IP-address and not knowing your SSID and WiFi-password.

        • January 27, 2021 at 6:28 pm #2417443

          why is a VPN recommended

          by michaelyarbrough19751 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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          Okay thank you.

        • February 2, 2021 at 10:58 am #2413849

          why is a VPN recommended

          by d0nkeyk0ng · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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          VPN encrypts your internet traffic between your PC and the VPN server, this can make your country of origin appear to be a different country than the one you live in so you can for example access US Netflix. Also it might stop your government from snooping on all your traffic like they do in many countries.

    • February 6, 2021 at 10:46 am #2413747

      vpn law

      by aliceharmon007 · about 3 years, 8 months ago

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      So if anyone using a VPN and if their country has a band or law against using VPN then one might get a letter from their govt like the legal vpn in uae is a strict one.

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    • February 10, 2021 at 5:24 am #2416620

      IPv4 address

      by deborasumopayroll · about 3 years, 7 months ago

      In reply to IPv4 Address

      IPv4 addresses are 32-bit numbers that are typically displayed in dotted decimal notation. A 32-bit address contains two primary parts: the network prefix and the host number. All hosts within a single network share the same network address. Each host also has an address that uniquely identifies it.

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