Without someone taking advantage of it. After a series of hiccups in our power my wireless router lost it's settings. I had trouble getting my roommate's PC back online when I set up the security, but had no problems when I left the default, open settings applied. So I decided to try a little experiment and leave the wi-fi open. And for a few weeks it seemed fine.
Then somebody found the network and started using it. Well, that was the initial idea, that others in my little apartment complex could hop on and check mail, do a little browsing, etc. But within a couple of days, this jerk was streaming video and downloading huge files, it seems, because all of a sudden we had no bandwidth at all. I tried periodically denying service by turning off the router, to see if whoever it was would get the idea and limit their consumption. No such luck; the bastard just seemed to get more insistent, apparently leaving his or her computer on all the time, to wait for return of service and resume downloading.
So security has been reapplied. I'll just have to work on the roomie's PC until we get it's handshake issues resolved. Too bad; I know I really appreciate it when I'm roaming around and find an open network for my laptop. I try to be a considerate hitchhiker and keep my consumption minimal, but sorry, dude, I'm the one paying for this bandwidth and if you can't be reasonable you'll just have to go elsewhere.
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