Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tom Stiller Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple Time Capsule -- Unknown User Date: 9 Feb 2015 14:05:39 GMT Organization: Old Men With Beards Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: clusterfux X-Trace: individual.net yvcPyvOXOHN5HOaLyUF97wkk5QFwyKHDDueas1dpCySzo55QQN Cancel-Lock: sha1:FqMpTGDny+XWGyQDERteeR9SJi4= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:69618 On 2015-02-09, TaliesinSoft wrote: > I have an Apple Time Capsule managed from my iMac. The Time Capsule is > the prior model. At this time it is being shared by three users, > myself, and two others. Our primary use of the capsule is to access the > internet. Access to the Time Capsule requires the password. Today I > noted that there is a fourth user, unkknown, who is accessing the Time > Capsule. I have no idea who this user is but I'm assuming that it must > be someone close enough to connect wirelessly. > > My question now is how do I disconnect this user. I assume that I will > have to change the password. Will changing the password immediately > disconnect this unknown user or will that user have to sign off and > then attempt to reconnect. > > Many thanks for replies! > Although not quite as effective as changing the password, you can use the Airport Utility app to enable access control to block the offending user's MAC address. At least that doesn't require your other users to fiddle with their configurations.