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Can someone help me identify what tyor of devices these mac addresses that keep connecting and disconnecting from my router throughout the day. When I search tbrm they come up with things I'm not unde...
If your ex has the ability to physically connect an ethernet device to your network, there is not much you can do, other than try to block the MAC address in the settings of the router.
Nighthawk
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Community Power UserThe first two MAC address don't return any results when looked up. Double check they're 100% correct, especially the first 6 characters.
The last MAC address is a Roku.
This is my sytem log.. hopefully you can read the mac addresses that are connecting and disconnecting. This is just from tonight when I left my house with our kids and my ex was left home.. Just odd because some of the devices only connect when he is here but others connect and disconnect throughout the day while he is at work..
- NFtoBC
If your ex has the ability to physically connect an ethernet device to your network, there is not much you can do, other than try to block the MAC address in the settings of the router.
So I took your advice and I blocked the mac addresses that i couldnt match with any devices in my house. But since then, around midnight last night a new mac connected to the wifi and I did try to search it but couldn't figure it out... maybe you could help me find out what kind of device it would belong to?
And there was nothing that would have connected at that time that would have been one of my devices or my kids.. as we were all in bed asleep. Just creeping me out.. And we do have a wifi booster that my ex set-up before he moved out a month ago which is connected via ethernet.. Just creepy
92:5d:18:c7:25:5e
- Nighthawk
One thing to keep in mind. Seeing things connect and disconnect frequently is NORMAL. Especially for most modern devices including those that are hard wired. It's part of the power saving features most devices have. If certain devices only connect when your ex is there, that could be just a cell phone or a laptop for example. Snooping on network traffic is nearly impossible unless you are using unencrypted connections, which are quite rare these days. If you're really worried, use a VPN.
If you just have the Telus router and don't have one of the Telus Boost units connected, then wired devices will show as ethernet in the system log and wireless ones will appear as 802.11 clients. At least going by the system log on my T3200.
From the few I can see in that screenshot you posted:
- 70:9c:d1 -- Intel Corporation. Ethernet. You likely have a PC, laptop or other hardwired device with an Intel network card in it.
- a4:c4:94 -- Intel Corporation. Ethernet. Another Intel device.
- ec:9b:f3 -- Samsung. Ethernet. Do you have a Samsung TV or laptop connected by ethernet? That's likely it.
I can see in the tabs on your browser that you've tried searching a few others. If you have other MAC addresses, you can use a few different sites to look them up. Some manufacturer names you may not recognize and they can be perfectly safe still. The most you'll get is the manufacturer name of the network chip. The sites are also only as good as their databases too. If they are older and out of date, the MAC address may not return any manufacturer information as well.
But yes, we do have a wifi telus booster that we hooked up about a month ago just before he moved out which was about 2 weeks now.
