#Unknown device connected to router how to#
#Unknown device connected to router password#
#Unknown device connected to router Offline#
#Unknown device connected to router mac#
#Unknown device connected to router windows#

#Unknown device connected to router mac#

It appears that the rogue devices only do a partial handshake to the network as you receive Manufacturer, Model, Model Number, MAC address. This attempt is all it takes for the cell phone or wireless device to show its owner that there is SSID вЂxyzвЂ™ available but it is secured. The initial sending out the information will almost always include its MAC address, which is usually assigned to a manufacturer. To get available Wi-Fi list, the phone/device sends out a вЂpacketвЂ™ of data requesting devices info, that other Wi-Fi devices and routers recognize, and respond to with information that is appropriate, in the case of a router for instance, its SSID (the Wi-Fi network name) and type of security challenge that will be needed if that device wishes to join.

#Unknown device connected to router windows#

Because WPA2 does not protect the physical and MAC layers (after all, everyone, even the wireless network owner, needs a minimum level of wireless access in order to get onto the network), the rogue cell phones attempted some sort of вЂmeaningfulвЂ™ access attempt to connect to your Wi-Fi therefore you will see in the Windows network manager. If you see strange devices on your network manager, it is likely that your Wi-Fi is protected using a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) protocol. Reasons why you see strange devices on your network This is how a phone (or any other Wi-Fi device for that matter) can actually even begin to connect to a Wi-Fi network. This will even occur if your network is hidden. Because of this, your Wi-Fi network is continuously being scanned intermittently by these devices, and your Wi-Fi network is acknowledging of course that it is available. Phones and some other Wi-Fi devices, but especially phones, are continuously scanning for available networks, even when they are connected to one, to try and find possibly a better one.

#Unknown device connected to router how to#

This article is going to answer the question of why these devices appear and how to get rid of them.ДЇirst of all, you need to know that this is not a security issue. However, these devices are not visible in the router list. Right clicking and viewing the properties of such devices will show a few details especially the MAC address and manufacturer but not the IP address. There has been concern on online forums about rogue devices, mostly phones, showing up in the Network page of File Manager.

#Unknown device connected to router password#

For these reasons, you should always change your Wi-Fi password regularly. Doesn't explain why it says ethernet connected though.Wi-Fi protection is an essential requirement if you want to avoid being hacked, losing data and sharing your Wi-Fi with unauthorized users. I've wondered if maybe these are devices logging into my xfinity hotspot that I never disabled and my router is somehow logging it as a connection. My mother and aunt both live with me and we all have different devices but they don't even know what ethernet is and after speaking with them I know they never hooked anything by that method either. I also changed my wifi password just to be safe and see if that might solve the issue. I changed it again just 5 minutes ago to be sure. And yes I did change the routers password so that only I know it. Things like these unknown devices I seen just give myself more proof that what I'm doing is valid. Not often but enough to not help with my paranoia. I've had my email and various accounts hacked before along with my mothers. I've always been a paranoid person so the drive is honestly just peace of mind. What is driving the need to do so?Дoes anyone else have access to the router? Can anyone help me shed any light on this?Дid you change the router's login name and password?ДЇor the most part you should not need to or be logging into the router almost everyday to manage it. Before I was using an outdated model and never seen this happen. I'm worried my data and information that I'm sending out and secuirty history I have might be comprised. When I looked up the mac addresses, 2 were Hewlett Packards and one was a Dell so it claims.

#Unknown device connected to router Offline#

I've never seen these devices connected either which might explain having no ip address maybe? Only in a offline state. I never connect through ethernet either, all wireless. All different mac addresses that I know arent mine. These devices didn't show up all at once either. Well one used to have a ipv6 adress which I traced back to comcast themselves if I did it right but now when I look it only has a mac address. Everything has been working fine for the most part but when i logged into 10.0.0.1 to manage my router which I do every day I noticed in offline devices I have 3 devices that say they were connected by ethernet and only have mac addresses. I have a technicolor cgm4140com that comcast gave me to connect to the internet.