A quick way is to go to Control panel / Network and sharing/ view computers and devices (this can also be accessed by the little icon on the taskbar with two monitors over each other)
You will then be able to go to view computers and devices. In this box, you will see the router iceon and all the computers etc that are using the router (that are currently connected).
To see if someone not known to you has accessed the router, you would need to log onto the router address and check the security settings.
If you are concerned about your wireless connection being hacked, look in the Cd that came with the router and follow the instructions given to set up a WEP or WPA security key.
From what you describe in your question, I think that the network you are seeing is probably a network belonging to someone else, your router will "see" all other networks in the radius it can operate in, if you look at these, most will be security marked anyway, you cannot connect to them.
If yours is not secured, setting the WEP key is the only way you will stop someone logging on and using your connection
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