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Am I being hacked? (RAX30)
In the last 24 hours, I've been receiving a ton of notifications of a new device on my system. (see photo)
I changed my wifi network name and PW and the notifications haven't stopped. I've tried deleting these logins as they come in, but I can't seem to keep up with it. Anyone have any idea what's going on and if so, how to stop it?
Thanks.
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No. Maybe handling of multiple connections from the device due to MAC Address randomizer enabled. Disable it and see what happens?
Is this seen same on the routers web page UI under Basic/Connected Devices?
Hey Furry, thanks for the reply. Shortly after changing the network name and password (and starting this thread), the notifications have stopped. Before I changed the name/pw, I had blocked each of the known/authorized devices connected to my network one at a time to try and figure out where these notifications were coming from. However, nothing changed and the notifications kept on coming. Thanks to you, I googled MAC address randomizer, so I now understand it a little better. From what I've read, there's been OS issues with this on both Android and Apple products, but as I understand it without being able to identify the specific device it seems I'm unlikely to find the culprit. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks again.
Yes Both Mfrs have caused odd issues with the MAC address randomizer. I do understand the thought of it as being a security measure to help keep these devices safer, however that mostly applies outside of the home while travelling or at a retail place with free wifi, makes sense to use it there. However at home, seem to have brought problems for home users and home wifi systems and when problems arise, makes it hard to troubleshoot. So why we ask users to disable that feature while at home. I see no need for this feature being enabled at a home location. I do see that Apple took another step in helping this and added a FIXED option now. So seems that this could be used at home as well instead of disabled. Android hasn't followed with anything else to date, it's disabled or enabled.
Sounds like it got fixed. Some odd configuration happening with prior name and password. Hopefully all good now.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
