On our website, there are already similar instructions for routers from ZyXEL, Asus, and D-Link. But I haven’t written yet about how to see who is connected to Wi-Fi if the router is from TP-LINK. There are some nuances there, so now let’s look at everything in more detail.

I don’t know why, but many people are interested in the question of who else is connected to my Wi-Fi, who is “stealing” the Internet and how to block it. I can immediately say that if you have installed good password on a Wi-Fi network, you are unlikely to see third-party devices in the list of connected clients. A good password must be set, of course. There is even a thread on this topic.

So, if you have doubts, and it seems to you that someone else has “picked up” your Wi-Fi, then you can check it without any problems. And if you have a TP-LINK router, then these instructions are for you.

TP-LINK: how to find out who is connected to my Wi-Fi and block the device?

In settings go to the "Wireless" tab (wireless mode). If you have a dual-band router, then open the tab with the right network(2.4 GHz, or 5 GHz). And immediately go to "Wireless Statistics" (statistics wireless mode) .

There, a table will display all the devices that are connected to your Wi-Fi. You can click on the "Refresh" button to update the list.

To be honest, the information there is not very informative, so I advise you to go to the “DHCP” tab – “DHCP Client List” (list of DHCP clients). At least the name of the device will be indicated there.

If you find some device there that is not yours, you can block it. It is best to block by MAC address. But, there is another way: simply change the Wi-Fi password. And all devices that were connected to your Wi-Fi will “fall off” themselves. And you will connect with a new password.

Blocking Wi-Fi clients by MAC address on a TP-LINK router

From the tables above that I showed, copy the MAC address of the device you want to block. Go to the "Wireless" tab (wireless mode)– "Wireless MAC Filtering" (MAC address filtering).

Filtering must be enabled (in the Enabled status). And the blocking settings are in the “Deny” status. Click on the "Add New" button to add a new device.

Specify the MAC address desired device, enter an arbitrary description, and save the rule.

Reboot the router. A blocked device will be disconnected and will no longer be able to connect. But, I would also change the password Wi-Fi networks.

How to view the list of Wi-Fi clients if the router is TP-LINK with a new settings page

Some top models of routers from TP-LINK have already acquired a new web interface. Basically, these are devices from the Archer line (But not all) . In the settings, in the new control panel, go to the "Basic" section at the top (basic setup) . You will see a network map. There will be wireless clients. Click on them, and a list of devices that are connected to your Wi-Fi will appear on the side or bottom.

It’s a pity that they didn’t make it possible to block devices directly from this table.

To block devices on routers with new firmware, you need to go to the "Advanced" section (additional settings). Then open the "Wireless" tab (wireless mode)– “Wireless MAC Filtering”, and create a rule as I showed above.

That's all. Now you know how you can view a list of all devices that are connected to your wireless network. And, if necessary, block individual devices.

With the development of modern technologies, not only new opportunities appear for users, but also problems that can be caused by unauthorized connections. Traffic leakage is a fairly common problem that many users face, and naturally, a reasonable question arises: how can I find out who is connected to my Wi-Fi router? Connecting to a router can cause a number of problems, for example, a noticeable drop in speed, slow page loading. This problem is not uncommon if there is no security at all or a weak key, as is the case with WEP encryption. If you suspect that someone has connected to the router, you should first of all find out if there are additional connections and deny them access, in other words, block them.

Checking for additional connections is not difficult; even an inexperienced user can do it. To find out who is connected to your router, you should follow a few simple steps. The first thing that is recommended to do is count how many devices are connected to the wi-fi network, in addition to the computer, it could be a tablet. laptop, phone. During the test, you should temporarily disconnect all other devices and leave only your main computer or laptop.

Now you need to check your personal IP and MAC address. This can be done very simply, using the special command ipconfig /all, which must be entered into command line on the computer.

Command Prompt Window

Next, you need to go to the settings of your wi-fi router. After opening the settings, you need to find the wireless Internet usage statistics section. In Russified versions, this section may be called “wireless network clients” or “wireless mode”. In this section you can view all IP addresses and find out how many devices are connected to the Rostelecom router. All that remains is to check these addresses with the addresses of your devices. If they do not match, then there is third party connection.

After finding extraneous connections, it is recommended to change the wi-fi password to a more secure one. The function of blocking unwanted clients is also available. But it is worth remembering that this is an ineffective option, since an attacker can easily change the address and connect to someone else’s Internet again. More effective method– use of filtering by MAC addresses, allowing access only to certain addresses; others will be blocked and connection will become impossible.

We identify “free” users

The above method will help you easily identify unwanted Wi-Fi connections. Don’t forget that router models differ and this process can be difficult for a beginner, so let’s take a closer look at the most popular and in-demand models.

D-Link Router

To see who is connected to my Rostelecom D-Link router, you need to use the web interface address - 192.168.0.1 It is recommended to go to “Advanced settings”, this key is located at the bottom of the window. Then go to the section Status – Wi-Fi Client – ​​Station List. There is a “Disconnect” button next to the attacker’s address.

Router TP-Link

To check for unwanted connections to a router of this model, you need to use 192.168.1.1. In the menu that opens on the right side, you need to find the Wireless statistics section, clicking on it will open full access to devices using wi-fi.

ASUS routers

The web configuration address is the same as for TP-Link routers. IN modern models all Wi-Fi connections are reflected on the main page. Users can see the “Clients” circle; by clicking on it, they can see a list of all connection addresses to the router.

There are also special utilities, with which you can check for third-party connections to the router. They do not require installation and the whole procedure is quite simple; the only drawback of such a program is that it does not support the Russian language.

Disabling unwanted clients

It is possible to block access to detected third-party addresses in the router settings, but this gives absolutely no guarantees, since the attacker can connect again, but from a different IP. To find out and get rid of those who are sitting on my router for good, you should use MAC address filtering directly in the settings of the router itself. You need to allow access only to certain devices, then no one else will be able to connect.

This publication will be useful to those who are starting to master the router. There are many reasons why Internet access speed may drop on your home network. For example, this may happen due to the fault of the provider or Wi-Fi router. It is noteworthy that home users do not often look for the cause in incorrect settings or faulty router firmware, but immediately think that an uninvited guest has connected to their Wi-Fi network. This is why people most often ask how to find out how many devices are connected to Wi-Fi router. In some cases, such concern is not in vain.

Of course, there are other situations when the user needs to see the list of devices connected to the router via twisted pair cable (read here). In general, everyone has different goals, but the question is the same.

How to check which devices are connected to the Wi-Fi network.

To make sure whether there are devices connected to the Wi-Fi wireless network without your knowledge, you need to log into the control panel of the router. If you don’t know how to log into the router’s control panel, then look at the label located below or in the documentation included. There you need to find the IP value. On this moment I use TP-Link router TL-WR741ND and in my case the IP value is 192.168.1.1.

Open a browser window and enter your IP value in the address bar. Fill in the user and password fields (also indicated on the nameplate or in the instructions) and click “Login”. If the password and login name have not been changed before, then usually by default you need to enter the word admin in the fields for authorization.

After logging into the administrative panel, you need to go to the page where you can see what devices are connected to the router via wireless wifi networks. To do this, go to the “Wireless” tab -> “Wireless Statistics”. On this page in the table you can see how many devices are connected to the router via a wireless network.

I now have one tablet connected via Wi-Fi, as evidenced by this table. If you have a lot Wi-Fi connections, then you can make sure that your devices are on the wireless network by comparing them by MAC addresses with the table in the router. This way you can find out if a neighbor has joined your home network. If an intruder is nevertheless detected, then you can block his digital device on the “MAC Address Filtering” page (Wireless MAC Filtering).

Situations are different and sometimes you need to find out how many devices are connected to the router not only via Wi-Fi, but also via twisted pair () and see what IP addresses the router assigned to them.

What devices are connected to the router.

To obtain full list about all device connections to the router, you need to go to the “DHCP” -> “DHCP Clients List” tab. By the way, on a D-Link router this tab may be called “Active session”. I currently have two computers and one Smart TV connected to my home network via twisted pair cable, and wireless communication Only the tablet gets access to the Internet.

On the same page, in addition to the name of the connected device, its MAC address and automatically assigned IP address are displayed. If you don’t know exactly what your devices are, you can find out who and what IP address the router assigned by comparing the MAC addresses with the list of clients.

We get a list of all connected devices in the program.

In conclusion of the article, I want to tell you that you can check how many devices are connected to the router using the free Wireless Network Watcher program. It does not require installation (portable) and all you need to do is download and run it from a computer that is connected to the router using a LAN cable. Otherwise, you will not receive information for all devices connected to your home network.

After scanning, the program for each detected device (computer, tablet, router) will display information about activity, manufacturer and show the IP and MAC address. You can copy the resulting list to the clipboard or export it to HTML, XML, CSV and text file. The utility is quite simple and should not cause you any difficulties.

I hope this simple publication answered your question and you can easily determine which devices are on your home network.

2016-01-24T23:56:29+00:00

Are there programs that could display not only who is connected to the Wi-Fi router, but also how much traffic it has already downloaded?

2016-01-24T23:53:18+00:00

Why do you feel sorry for the already unlimited Internet?

2015-09-18T18:46:13+00:00

I'm glad you found it useful. Good luck!

2015-09-18T13:53:58+00:00

Thank you for the article! Thanks to her, following the instructions, fortunately they are in pictures, I found people who like to use my Internet for free! I blocked access and also downloaded it just in case free program to discover devices. Now I'm armed! By the way, this program also shows my activity, which allows me to see if anyone is sitting at my computer in my absence.

2015-07-11T10:48:18+00:00

2015-07-11T10:46:27+00:00

Radima, in the router settings there is a filter for MAC addresses on certain devices. So, go to your router settings and disable the filter.

2015-07-01T10:38:03+00:00

First, check what the problem is. Connect to other wi fi and compare. If the problem is in the router, then try to find out, maybe someone is actually sitting on your router and eating all the traffic))

2015-02-06T20:40:24+00:00

If we are talking about Wi-Fi router, then you can :-)

2015-02-06T19:56:30+00:00

Is it possible to make sure that only certain devices are connected to the device? That is, exclude some. For example, my brother made it so that I can’t connect from my phone (my guess, he says he didn’t do it). At one point it started showing a network connection error. Thank you in advance.

2014-11-23T09:45:26+00:00

Yuri: In the question you need to indicate the models of your devices.

2014-11-23T01:06:52+00:00

In the settings on Android it shows the signal level as “Excellent”, but when connected to the network it is “very weak”, or even disappears altogether (although the Android is a few centimeters from the router. What could be the problem, how can I fix it?

2014-11-12T20:51:19+00:00

Nikita: Everything is written in the article. Read more carefully and look at the images. P.S. If you really don’t understand something, then ask the question in more detail. Good luck!

• 2014-10-18T11:53:09+00:00

  Alexander: The article has a link to a publication from which you will learn about several reasons weak signal Wi-Fi in the house. There is also a link to an article on how to find a less busy channel. Perhaps your neighbors' routers are connected to yours wireless router on one channel. Read it, you might find something useful for yourself. Good luck!!!

2014-10-17T23:18:42+00:00

The article is more relevant than ever. Quite recently they changed Wi-Fi in the apartment and as for me, to put it mildly, I am not satisfied with its work. The speed that I was promised upon connection remains only in the contract for now. Considering that my wife and I are inexperienced first-graders in this matter, then this " tutorial", I think, will provide us with irreplaceable help. At least we will have the opportunity to eliminate one of the reasons for the slow Internet

2014-10-16T22:43:25+00:00

I came across this issue quite recently. At that time, while living in a hostel, I temporarily installed an ASUS router to work with a laptop and tablet. I did everything as expected - I created account, set a password that cannot be entered by guessing. And more and more often I began to notice that the Internet speed began to decrease. Accordingly, I began to look for the reason. Then I came across this article and decided to really check whether anyone else was connected to me. And indeed. At that time, 4 devices were connected to my router. I immediately changed the password and blocked access of those devices to my router. Now everything is in order - I periodically check the statistics and identify the “cunning” freeloaders. P.S. Advice: if an unknown device is connected to your router, do not block it immediately so as not to scare off the attacker. To begin with, you can simply calculate its location.

Almost every Internet user now has their own wireless network. After all, in addition to a computer, connections to the World Wide Web require smartphones, tablets and laptops.

But there are those who want to use other people’s Internet for free.

Despite the presence of passwords, home Wi-Fi is hacked and connected to it. How can you track such unwanted connections and avoid them?

Signs of strangers connecting to a WiFi network

Often, lovers of other people's Wi-Fi do not worry about secrecy, and identifying an unauthorized connection is not difficult. Here are the main signs that someone else is using your network:

• continuous flashing of the data transfer indicator, even when you are not loading anything;
• drop in loading speed on trusted sites;
• restricting access to any sites based on your IP address.

If at least one of the above signs appears, you should check your router for connections from outsiders.

How to find out who is connected to my WiFi

To find out the number of devices connected to your wireless network, you need to go to the control panel network device. These instructions may vary for different device models. We present only the general sequence of actions.

1. IN address bar web browser, enter the router address. As a rule, it is indicated on the device body. Typically this is 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.1.
2. In the login form that appears, indicate your username and password. This data, like the address, can be seen on the body of the wireless device, usually on the bottom. By default, on most devices the login is admin and the password is also admin.
3. In the management page that opens, find the menu item “Wireless mode statistics” or “Clients”. These menu items may be located under Wireless or Service Settings.
4. In the statistics window you will see the number of connected devices, their IP and MAC addresses, as well as data transfer statistics.

Some routers may provide more detailed information, such as connection time, device name, etc. Devices can also be sorted in lists according to certain parameters.

Alternative way

If due to some circumstances you cannot enter the router settings, then programs will come to the rescue. In the public domain, as well as in stores, you can find software products for monitoring wireless networks.

IN functionality Such software includes both monitoring and access control in manual and automatic modes.

How to find out which of the connected devices are mine

Here in the router settings you saw a list of devices connected to your wireless network. But MAC addresses like 00-2A-93-42-B3-14 mean little to the average user.

MAC address (short for Media Access Control) is an individual identifier. Assigned to each device connected to the World Wide Web.

Has a size of 6 bytes. It serves to identify the device on the network and is already “wired” into it. Each equipment manufacturer receives its own range of addresses, so knowing the MAC address, you can determine the company that produced this or that equipment.

The uniqueness of the addresses is ensured by the fact that the number of combinations of a 6-bit address is 2 24, and in the 48-bit version - 2 48 combinations; this number is enough preliminary estimates until 2100.

There are two ways to find out which device corresponds to which MAC address.

First

Disconnect all your devices from the wireless network, and then connect them sequentially. It’s not difficult to correlate the MAC address that appears in the router’s statistics with the device.

Second

Find out the MAC address directly on the device itself.

On your computer, to do this you need to call the command input menu:

1. Press the key combination Win+R.
2. enter in the cmd line.
3. In the window that appears, enter the command ipconfig /all.

For a device running on the Android operating system, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Go to settings.
2. Select "about phone".
3. In the menu that appears, click “technical information”.

So, using the exclusion method, you can determine neighboring devices that use your home network.

How to disconnect unwanted devices from your network

Once you find third-party MAC addresses in the router's list, you will most likely want to disable them. Here you can resort to two methods.

Easy way

Change your network password. Often users use for home network simple passwords that are easy to remember. But this risks the fact that others who are hungry for “freebies” will be able to pick them up without much difficulty.

To change your password you need to do the following steps:

1. go to the router settings (instructions above);
2. find the menu item " Additional settings" or "wireless network security";
3. enter a new password.

To prevent others from guessing your password, use both case characters (small and capital letters), as well as numbers and special characters; The more symbols, the safer.

The hard way

Set a filter for MAC addresses. This is somewhat more difficult to do, but it is more effective method protection.

To install a filter, you need to do the following:

1. go to the router settings;
2. select “Wireless network”;
3. click on the “MAC Address Filter” tab;
4. activate the filter.

Next, you can either make a list of all available addresses or block certain ones. In the first case, select “Accept”, then add all the devices you own, the so-called “white list”.

In the second case, you need to select “Reject” and also add unwanted addresses one by one, thus creating a “black list”.

Programs for working with Wi-Fi

You can use various applications to control your wireless home network. Such software often provides more full information about all WIFi connections.

Wireless Watcher. This is a specialized utility that takes up little space and is not demanding on system resources. The application's functions only include network analysis.

The user can view the IP and MAC addresses of connected devices, as well as their names and descriptions. Wireless Watcher functions include storing connection lists, which can be used to judge changes in the number of connections.

WiFi Guard. This software product is also designed for monitoring. It has a convenient function for regularly checking (the frequency can be adjusted) your home Wi-Fi network. Can start automatically on boot operating system. The program is completely free.

NETGEAR Genie. Multifunctional program for monitoring and control home network. With its help, you can not only see the list of connections, but also configure the router directly through the program interface.

The application has a built-in reference book on the most frequently asked questions. NETGEAR Genie also has a range of additional functions and services.

Using the information gleaned in the article, you can rid your line of other people’s traffic. It would also be a good idea to get rid of third-party connections for security purposes. Be careful!

The question of how to find out who is connected to my WiFi interests many users. wireless connection. Let's figure out what signs may indicate that there is a third-party connection. We will also learn how to recognize your device and disable unnecessary ones. And we will consider options for limiting connections and the process of changing the network password.

Signs of someone else's connection to your network

First of all, let's determine how to find out that other users are connected to WiFi. There are a number of signs that should alert the router owner.

• Low speed of downloading and uploading data. If there have never been any problems with your provider, then most likely the traffic is spent on third-party connected devices.
• Restricting access to some sites from your IP that were not observed before.
• After disconnecting all your devices from WiFi, the indicators on the router continue to signal the data exchange process.

If the above happens periodically, you need to check how many devices use your access point to access the Internet.

Ways to check the number of connected devices

Let's answer the question of how to see who is connected to my WiFi. Few people know how to check how many devices are connected. You can use the router interface or a third-party utility. Let's take a closer look at each of the options.

In the router web interface

The web interface of the device itself will help provide information about who is connected to my WiFi router. To do this, just go to settings and open the desired tab.

Information on how to open the device settings is located on its bottom or in the accompanying documents in the box from the router.

If you are interested in the question of how to find out how many active connections to D-Link router, then you need to open the Active session section. It will also display devices connected to WiFi.

Using programs

In addition to the router settings page, you can check who is using the WiFi router special program. There are many developments that can solve the problem.

This is not a complete list of similar software.

How to find out which device is yours

Now let’s answer the question of how to determine which devices connected to my network are foreign. To do this, you need to find out your MAC address and compare it with the existing ones.

On a mobile device:

1. Open the gadget settings.
2. Go to the "About Phone" section.
3. Open general information about the device and find the MAC address in the list.

To find out MAC computer or laptop, follow these steps.

As a result, the user will see data about all adapters and the corresponding MAC computer.

Disabling other people's devices

Once the unique addresses of your devices have been identified, you should remove the “neighbors” sitting on your network. To do this, we use the router's web interface. We compare our MAC addresses with existing connections and identify unnecessary ones. Then in the Wireless MAC Filtering settings for unnecessary connections set the value to Disabled for TP-Link routers.

For D-Link, click "disconnect" for a third-party connection in the "station list" section of the advanced settings.

How to block all other people's connections

To limit the number of users and prevent a person from reconnecting to the network, it is worth setting up special filters. For allowed MAC addresses, create an “Accept” filter and enter your device data.

You can do the opposite and set the “reject” filter and enter the data of detected third-party connections there.