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  • January 1, 2022 at 1:57 am #3937920

    Home network

    by iamlulubella · about 2 years, 11 months ago

    Two unknown devices (192.168.255.259, 192.168.255.249)were showing connected to my network but I do not know what they belong to. How do I find this out? My wifi was not working and when I ran a scan, these two addresses came up. Is there any way these are not part of my network?
    Thank you for any assistance.

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    • January 1, 2022 at 4:56 am #3938936
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      That IP ending in 259 is incorrect.

      by rproffitt · about 2 years, 11 months ago

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      The values for IPv4 can only be from 0 to 255.

      What scan did you use?

      More at https://www.techadvisor.com/how-to/network-wifi/unknown-device-connecting-to-wi-fi-3798062/

    • January 1, 2022 at 1:53 pm #3938934
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      I have to wonder….

      by birdmantd · about 2 years, 11 months ago

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      I don’t know for certain, but I suspect those are IP addresses of computers connected to your network. Do you have a strong passcode on your network? You don’t want neighbors connecting to your network unless you authorize it using your available bandwidth.

    • January 1, 2022 at 8:43 pm #3938929
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      Re: homenetwork

      by kees_b · about 2 years, 11 months ago

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      If your network is 192.168.255.0 to 192.168.255.245, yes, this are devices got their IP-address from your router, so at that moment belonged to your network.

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