How do i get my neighbors from piggybacking on my home network?

every time i check my computer network manager i see rouge computers on my network. How can i stop my neighbors from stealing my signal?

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2. Put a password on your router. Its located in the software of your router.
3. u gotta enable security on ur router
4. You can do this using a couple of methods: (1) Enable the security or encryption feature on your Wireless router. This will encrypt your data and will require you to create a WEP code (password) on the router which you will use on every wireless device that you want to allow a connection to. (2) Your router can also be set to only allow specific MAC (Media Access Control) address to gain access. Every network device ever made, including your wireless notebook or PDA, will have a unique MAC address. There is likely a section on your routers Administrator screen that will display the connected devices, the devices MAC address will also be displayed here. Use this list to enable the MAC address filter. For extra security you could use both methods.