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[TaterTots]

We have a new neighbor that moved in yesterday. I've seen him a couple of times, but he never introduced himself or said hello. Today, my fiance and I came home, shut the door and began to close the blinds. At this point someone was banging at the door. It was our new neighbor and he asked how we're doing and then asked if he can use our wifi because he is a college student and his isn't connected yet. During this exchange, he did not introduce himself, shake a hand or anything. I flat out told him no. I thought it was incredibly rude.

GAF, has anyone asked to use your wifi and would of you given your password to a person that cannot even say his name to you?

 

[Fat4all]

my password is my kingdom

 

[CebollaDeAbbott]

my password is my kingdom

Is that so?

I've actually never had anyone so rudely ask like that.

 

[JettDash]

I'll let friends use it but besides that they can go screw themselves.

 

[TheVampire]

Just say no because you have download limits.

 

[crimsondynamics]

I agree it's rude. At least introduce yourself, and maybe bring a welcome gift.

I don't trust my password to just anyone either.

My router has a guest mode so when guests come over and ask for the Wi-Fi, I just give them the guest account which uses a different password.

 

[TaterTots]

Is that so?

I've actually never had anyone so rudely ask like that.

I'm a little appalled. We weren't inside our apartment for 15 secs before he was banging at the door. It's like he was waiting or something...weird.

 

[milkham]

my password is my kingdom

is that "my kingdom" with the space or all one word?

 

[Fat4all]

is that "my kingdom" with the space or all one word?

with a hyphen

 

[v1lla21]

Family and friends can. I give em my WiFi password when they come. Never had a random or neighbor come ask for it.

 

[Intheflorsh]

You made the right call. If he pirates stuff on your network and gets caught, it's your ass.

 

[milkham]

with a hyphen

thanks!

 

[brianjones]

the fuck? Hell no

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Yeah, NO.


That sounds like trouble. If the person makes a good case for it, then maybe. Otherwise they should go to a coffee shop..

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Just say no because you have download limits.

This. Sounds like the guy was extremely rude, but there's a very good and simple reason for not letting strangers use it. I don't mind my sister or friends using it when they come over though.

 

[Dougald]

Visiting friends? Sure. I'd never have allowed that guy access though.

 

[xxracerxx]

Fuck that. You did the right thing.

 

[Salty Rice]

Would have said no too.

Dont even know the guy really and it was rude.

I would only let people use it i would fully trust like friends and family members.

 

[Professor Beef]

Tell him to fuck off and pay for his own connection.

 

[HeeHo]

I had to tell a guy who lived above me 'no' one time because I had a brutally slow connection as is. 3 mbps. This wasn't even that long ago.

I felt like a jerk, but man, I didn't want to share that slow of a connection speed with anyone I didn't have to. The guy didn't really talk to me normally anyway.

 

[Matrix XII]

You chose wisely, OP.

 

[Dommo]

Yeah, friends that are visiting is fine because a) I know and trust them and b) Because they're only going to be using it for as long as they're staying over, which is probably a matter of hours, so it's not a constant problem.

Giving it to my neighbour that I've never met? Absolutely not. Ignoring rudeness or a lack of introduction, he could end up using the wifi more than I do because he'd be in constant range, sapping speeds, downloading potentially heinous shit, and not paying a cent for it. Fuck that.

 

[theWB27]

I would've told him my wifi only works with an ethernet connection.

 

[Septimus Prime]

My router lets me setup a guest network.

But in OP's case, yeah, that was kind of really rude of the neighbor.

 

[Nightfall]

That sounds pretty rude and greedy.

I'm extremely protective with wifi at my home or at my parents. Only family members or absolute best friends get it.
You obviously made the right choice.

I would've told him my wifi only works with an ethernet connection.

 

[wrowa]

Neighbor once asked me if he can use my internet for a day, his router hadn't arrived yet and he needed to do stuff for school.

I dislike not knowing what kind of shit other people do with my connection, but he was nice enough and I can't say no, so I gave him the password.

Three months later I opened my router's interface and realized that he was still using our internet. Fuck that. Immediately blocked him. I obviously knew he'd use it for longer than a day and I was fine with that, but three months without ever asking again is stretching my limits a bit too far.

 

[Maximus.]

Never had anyone ask, but if they did, I would say no.

 

[LewieP]

I would just tell them I need all my bandwidth for downloading a huge amount of pornography every day.

 

[Evolution of Metal]

I was in the student's situation, if I had a laptop instead of the desktop, I think I might have gone to the neighbors to ask for their connection. Granted caps are not a factor for many in UK, but the copper wire speeds are crippling for modern uses.

It was a tedious period when Sky ISP was rubbing their nipples waiting for the date (like 3 weeks from the agreement) to set-up the connection, all they had to do is ship the equipment ASAP and flip the switch.

I think you SHOULD be nice and ask when is his connection going online, then proceed to help him if he is at least a half-decent or neutral person. He definitely needs the Internet for general uses, even if he left the awkward first impression.

I don't want to generalize, but this board is all about helping others in topics like refugees, hunger etc., but as soon as you have to offer your resource (which doesn't even add any cost), you hoard it for paranoid reasons.

 

[Rymuth]

is that "my kingdom" with the space or all one word?

Beaten xD

 

[LaNaranja]

Some people don't give a fuck. It is possible the dude was testing the water to see how much he could get out of you. The lack of any sort of introduction or anything would be an immediate red flag for me.

When I worked retail there was a guy who had just started the week before who said "I got dropped off today, can I borrow your car to go get some lunch?" Like what the fuck? I told him no and laughed. Like seriously? Why not ask if I wanted to go to lunch with him since he was without a car? Or why not just fucking walk, we worked in a fucking shopping center, there was an In and Out, Taco Bell and Carls Jr literally right across the street from us.

Anyway I live in an apartment complex and every once and a while new people would ask for passwords. Now everyone has a snarky wifi name that is something to the effect of "fuck off" and I haven't seen any new people bother asking anymore.

 

[KrisB]

Seems a bit odd when there's a plethora of free wireless hotspots these days.

 

[Kayhan]

Fuck no.

They could be downloading any damn thing.

 

[Lightning Count]

Absolutely not, friends and family get the password anyone else can fuck off.

PSA guys - don't use the manufacturer supplied Wi-Fi password in your routers guys, tons have been leaked, leaving you wide open. Change that shit and your admin password.

 

[Yaska]

Rule of thumb, only give your WiFi to a person you trust. So you were right in saying no to the person.

There are plethora of 4G connections today one can use for relatively cheap and Universities and Colleges offer free WiFi to students anyway.

 

[cameron]

Dude is being a lazy little shit. He should loiter on campus or free hotspots for internet access if he needs it so badly.

And if a neighbour asked me, I would say I don't believe in WiFi.

 

[Militaratus]

If the guy was nice about it, I would activate the guest network. If the guy was as rude as the OP's dude, then I would still activate the guest network and then throttle the hell out of it.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Friends and family only. Random strangers or neighbors, no.

 

[Littlefang]

I'd tell him that he's in college so he should go use the library. That's what I did when I didn't have my internet hooked up yet.

 

[Wag]

my password is my kingdom

"my kingdom" is an odd wifi pw.

 

[Xe4]

Friends and stuff who come in? Sure, though I'll usually just press the WPA button instead of giving them the password.
Neighbors and stuff? Fuck no, they can get their own damn internet.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Yep with me it's family and close friends only. I would never give a wifi password to a neighbor even if it was that hot chick from upstairs. ;p

 

[AppleSeason]

I only do it with friends and family. If a neighbour I don't hate (there's only one I am not at war with and we do the community management together) asked nicely I'd set a temporary password, but our ISP routers are supposed to give free WiFi for clients through a second emitter. If you opt In, of course.

 

[big_z]

I'd tell him that he's in college so he should go use the library. That's what I did when I didn't have my internet hooked up yet.

you're not supposed to masturbate in the library.

 

[mrklaw]

Guest network is ok but people are lazy and don't change it regularly. I'd like the option for a router to issue randomly generated time-limited guest passwords that'll auto expire after 1 day or 1 week etc

 

[Lagamorph]

Give him the password but turn on MAC address filtering so it's useless to him.

 

[Brakke]

Just say no because you have download limits.

Why lie? Just say no.

 

[jiggle]

Give fake password
Stop answering door
The only brave thing to do

 

[Haunted]

Family and friends only.

There was a new judgement passed fairly recently in Germany where the main provider of the wifi network is responsible for its security (i.e. when someone else downloads sth illegally from my wifi, it's my ass on the line and not theirs).

Not sure what the laws are like elsewhere.

 

[NewGame]

My password is turnonyour3g