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I logged on to my FiOS Router and saw under My Network(Auto-Scan Enabled), in addition to my 2 Dell computers that connected, there are 3 mystery devices, I do not know where they came from:
1. Name: ACER-5597DEBF0
Type: Computer
Connection: Wireless
Status: Offline
2. Name: acer-55972debf0
Type: Unknown
Connection: Ethernet
Status: Offline
3. Name: IP-STB1
Type: Set Top Box
Connection: MoCA
Status: Online
I am 100% sure I only have 2 Dell computers connected to the Network since the day 1 of the FiOS install, can I safely delete the other 3 unknown devices from my router?
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@yz1234 wrote:I logged on to my FiOS Router and saw under My Network(Auto-Scan Enabled), in addition to my 2 Dell computers that connected, there are 3 mystery devices, I do not know where they came from:
1. Name: ACER-5597DEBF0
Type: Computer
Connection: Wireless
Status: Offline
2. Name: acer-55972debf0
Type: Unknown
Connection: Ethernet
Status: Offline
3. Name: IP-STB1
Type: Set Top Box
Connection: MoCA
Status: Online
I am 100% sure I only have 2 Dell computers connected to the Network since the day 1 of the FiOS install, can I safely delete the other 3 unknown devices from my router?
1 and 2 are the same thing, it has been connected both wired and wireless, that means someone connected directly to your router, most likely someone you know has a acer laptop that came over to your house and plugged in.
3 Is your TV Set top box, do not delete that device.
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3. Okay got that.
But on 1 & 2:
No one ever come to my house with any laptop(any brand) and connected to my router, and I am 100% sure about that.
I am the only one knowing the WPA2 PSK, so I am very sure, I did not give it to anyone to allow them connect wirelessly.
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Is it possilbe that my router was connected to the Acer while it's still in facotry?
Or my router was not a brand new one, Verizon gave someone else's router to me as a new one?
Just guessing...
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Not cool if you ask me,
thank you TimSykes for the info.
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oh, and if the router has been reset (effectively), there wouldn't be any way for anything from a previous location to appear in the 'my network' list.
Also, the original poster mentions '3 unknowns' , but there are only 3 listed, so are these the 3 unknowns or are these the knowns?
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