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R6080 attached device Unknown MAC address
When I checked the attached devices I see an unknown "iphone" that does NOT belong to me with a MAC address that seems to be spoofed. I blocked it using Access Control. Was my Router hacked? should ...
> [...] I see an unknown "iphone" that does NOT belong to me with a MAC
> address that seems to be spoofed. [...]
Devices running current iOS versions can cause some confusion:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227
This kind of feature makes MAC addresses less reliable as a
device-identification resource. But it can be disabled for your own
SSID(s).
> [...] Was my Router hacked? should I be concerned ? [...]
I doubt it. Always?
> [...] I had password files unexplicably deleted from my mac before.
> [...]
"password files"?