(1) I’d setup two subnets, one for my apartment (wired and wireless), and another subnet just for his wireless. This way, you can monitor exactly what he does, and put it in a sandbox. If his computer buddy comes over and messes with his machine, he can’t hack your computer or computers.

(2) I’d do some bandwidth shaping and monitoring for his subnet. If he doesn’t pay up by the required date, you can switch off the subnet. I would check the logs daily, if not weekly. Make sure he’s not downloading something that would have the FBI at your door. Zero tolerance.

This may be overkill, but I wouldn’t trust his computer being on the same network as my network. Unfortunately, this would cost a little in time and money to impliment.

I agree with RS, if you’re going to go through with this then I’d atleast ask for half the ongoing costs.

There is also the risk of the guy not paying up each month…you can’t exactly take him to small claims court to collect.

RS: What he pays me doesn’t matter. If the connection is stable and we decide to go ahead, then it’s $10 per month I wouldn’t otherwise have had. His use of the internet shouldn’t affest mine unless it’s pushing the bandiwdth limit. If the connection doesn’t work out and he doesn’t want to go ahead with a deal, it’s a few days he was able to talk to his friends overseas for free. I’m not too concerned.

If we decide to go ahead with the deal, I’ll make it clear that I’m the one taking the risk and I’ll be monitoring traffic.

I am friends with both of my neighbors in my new neighborhood here and they have often asked if we could all share a connection. I am just not sure about it. I use my connection to play games sometimes…I am not sure how badly I would be effected if we were sharing. I know that the 2 of them would definitely do it, it is just that I am house in the middle, so they need me.

Comcast would figure it out when he complains that his neighbor was the one that caused his service to be shutdown, not him. And in many places, there aren’t alternatives to Comcast. I’m just saying, make sure folks are aware of the consequences before offering this up as advice.

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