We’ve got a wireless network set up here at the house,can folks 1000 ft.down the road connect,?
1000 feet, generally not. 300 feet, yes, if they have your password. If they are a sage, they may be able to anyway. They could probably grab your password and then use your connection. Good luck explaining that one.
We’ve got a wireless network set up here at the house,can folks 1000 ft.down the road connect,?
Yes, unless you have it protected with a password.
If your WiFi and computer support it, it is best to go with WPA security instead of the older, and easily hacked WEP security method.
Here is a link to a transcript from a very good podcast on security called "Security Now" where they talk about the problems with WEP security. There is also an audio link on the site if you wish to listen to the original podcast. It's a pretty good show on information security which is podcast once a week.