Virtually all ISPs impose some type of bandwidth
limit or restriction. While the bandwidth amount
allotted by most ISPs is adequate for normal
surfing, it's relatively easy to go over the limit if
you or others in the office watch online videos,
stream music often or perform other bandwidth-
intensive tasks. If there is someone on your
business network using too much bandwidth, or
if you have an uninvited user connecting to your
Wi-Fi, you can disconnect his or her computer or
device in the router control panel.
Step 1
Open your Web browser. Enter the IP address of
the control panel login page for the network
router. The IP address used for accessing the
router varies by manufacturer. However, the IP
address is usually "192.168.0.1,"
"192.168.1.100" or something similar. If you
don’t know the IP address for your router, refer
to the user guide or manual.
Step 2
Enter the administrator username and password
for the network router. If you did not change the
default password, you can find the login
credentials in the router user guide or manual. If
you did change the default login credentials,
enter them in the appropriate fields. Click the
"Sign In" or "Log In" button.
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Step 3
Click the "Attached Devices," "Connected
Devices," "Status" or other similarly named link
or tab in the router control panel. A list of
connected computers, smartphones and other
Wi-Fi-capable devices appears in the list.
Step 4
Locate and click the network computer name of
the computer that you want to disconnect.
Alternatively, click the name of the unrecognized
computer using your Wi-Fi network. Click the
"Ban," "Disconnect" or other similar link or
button to disconnect the computer from the Wi-
Fi network.
Things Needed
Router user guide or manual
Tips
Not all routers have a "Ban" or "Disconnect"
feature in the connected devices list. Moreover,
using the Ban or Disconnect button does not
prohibit the computer from just reconnecting to
the Wi-Fi router after you kick them from it.
If you want to block access to a computer
permanently, use the "Ban MAC Address," "Ban
Network Name" or other similar feature in the
Advanced or Security section of your router's
control panel. If you notice an unknown computer
or device in the Connected Devices or other
similar list, note its MAC address, then enter it in
the list of banned devices on the Advanced or
Security page of the router control panel.
You can keep unknown computers from
accessing your Wi-Fi network by enabling
encryption in the Security section of the control
panel. Create a wireless key or password that
authorized users can enter on their computers
before being able to connect to the network or
surf the Internet through the wireless router.
Additionally, change the SSID name to something
difficult to guess but easy to remember. Turn off
the SSID Broadcast feature in the Security
section of the control panel to prevent
unauthorized users from detecting your wireless
network.
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