Neighbor's WiFi showing in my Speccy Network info

[missminerva]

Anyone know why this would be there? It shows mine, as it should, and then shows my upstairs neighbor as well. Do I need to be concerned about this? Thanks much for any help!

Wi-Fi (ME)
    SSID    ME
    Frequency    2412000 kHz
    Channel Number    1
    Name    ME
    Signal Strength/Quality    100
    Security    Enabled
    State    The interface is connected to a network
    Dot11 Type    Infrastructure BSS network
    Network    Connectible
    Network Flags    Currently Connected to this network
    Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network    AES-CCMP algorithm
    Default Auth used to join this network for the first time    802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK
Wi-Fi (Minckstir) NEIGHBOR
    SSID    Minckstir
    Frequency    2447000 kHz
    Channel Number    8
    Name    Minckstir
    Signal Strength/Quality    82
    Security    Enabled
    State    The interface is connected to a network
    Dot11 Type    Infrastructure BSS network
    Network    Connectible
    Network Flags    There is a profile for this network
    Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network    AES-CCMP algorithm
    Default Auth used to join this network for the first time    802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK

[craigathus]

Hi missminerva

 

With speccy I can see my neighbors wifi info as well' and can also see their network in the list of available networks to join via Windows "Network and Sharing Center"> if I had their password 

I assume that they can see my info too.

Keep your network security enabled ! 

And make sure a password is needed to join your network !  

[missminerva]

Thanks much! Never noticed it before. Pretty sure I'm covered...

[nukecad]

It will show any wifi network that your PC / laptop is currently picking up.

 

At the moment my laptop is showing mine plus three others, and all also show in speccy.

(All neighbours, and I do have the passwords for two of them).

 

If you have unlimited broadband it's can be a good idea to share passwords with a trusted neighbour who also has unlimited.

Then if something happens to yours you can use theirs while you sort it out, and vice-versa.