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They can't "steal" your electricity. The output from the Wi-Fi is constant, and range limited. If they are getting any power from your signal, its power that
by livingparadox 11y ago
They can't "steal" your electricity. The output from the Wi-Fi is constant, and range limited. If they are getting any power from your signal, its power that you'd be casting off outside your house anyways. Net change in power would be 0.
- darkmighty 11y agoWell they can "steal" a tiny amount. Wi-Fi signals reflect all over, and by having a large antenna (even beyond your house/room), it absorbs some signals which might reflect/scatter back. Negligible in practice.
- njharman 11y agoBut, terrorists!
- lnanek2 11y agoTechnically, if you have the WiFi password you can have a modern luxury router beam form more signal to you than otherwise. Although my router has multiple 5GHz radios and one 2.4GHz, so it will just move me over to another radio if only one person is leeching. More clients does probably keep more radios on, using more power as well, since otherwise the router can probably sleep more hardware more often. Sort of like a Bluetooth device being discoverable keeps the radio on more, then making it connectable makes it keep the radio on more, etc..
- livingparadox 11y agoDid not know this was a thing... Is that a common ability in a router?
- projct 11y agomany 802.11ac devices can do beam forming http://www.pcworld.com/article/2061907/all-about-beamforming-the-faster-wi-fi-you-didnt-know-you-needed.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2061907/all-about-beamforming...