Current Events > Just had something odd happen while changing some modem settings.

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I had someone connected to my network that Id never heard of before. And when I googled the MAC address, it brought up an apartment complex in Shanghai.

At first I thought it was probably something of mine somehow. So I figured up all the devices I had connected to WiFi, and disabled them all. But no, it still remained. So, I changed my passwords to my network, and they were gone. Reconnected my devices, still werent there. So it really does seem like it was an outside connection. Went ahead and blocked it from connecting again while I was at it.

Really weirded out. Ive never had any unexpected connections on my network, or at least havent seen any.

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Like legit connected to your network or just showing up as a direct WiFi connection? The latter could be an appliance at your neighbor's.

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archedsoul posted...

Like legit connected to your network or just showing up as a direct WiFi connection? The latter could be an appliance at your neighbor's.

Straight up connected. It wasnt a separate internet connection, it was listed as a device connected to mine.

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That is bizarre.

Spybot maybe? Could be a virtual device as well.


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I did some IT intelligence work under a government contract for seven months, and you're not gonna like what I think it is.

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DeadlyNinjaBees posted...

I did some IT intelligence work under a government contract for seven months, and you're not gonna like what I think it is.

Is ts under governor surveyed

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JTilly posted...

Is ts under governor surveyed

Not YOUR goverment!

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It could be the NIC on your modem.

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MAC addresses don't point to apartment complexes though

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Thanks Huawei!

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Hornezz posted...

MAC addresses don't point to apartment complexes though

@Hornezz

Its very possible that my brain is square and Im looking at it all wrong. I googled the MAC address though, found a lot of sites that said they were MAC lookups, and they all pointed to the same address, at an apartment complex.

After finding multiple pointing there I assumed it was true.

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The MAC address is tied to the device itself, not a location. My iPhone has the same MAC address whether its connected to wifi at home or McDonalds wifi. Its also not visible outside of the device itself and the router it is connected to so any site purporting to be a MAC address lookup is just preying on the technologically illiterate.

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Pitlord_Special posted...

The MAC address is tied to the device itself, not a location. My iPhone has the same MAC address whether its connected to wifi at home or McDonalds wifi. Its also not visible outside of the device itself and the router it is connected to so any site purporting to be a MAC address lookup is just preying on the technologically illiterate.

Ohhhhh. Welp, thats embarrassing. I wonder why they would all say the same thing though? Does your MAC address show where your product was made, maybe?

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Yeah it's just an address tied to the vendor of the hardware. If I look up my own PC's mac address it'll point to the address of MSI's office building in Taiwan, but it's definitely located in my house :)

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