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9CA525A07A23-mysimplelink
9CA525A07A23-mysimplelink
is showing up on my wired connections to the router on Port 05.
I tried blocking it but I lost internet connectivity.
Looks like its something to do with the Netgear router but not sure what.
My main router login is from port 01 (192.168.0.1) and works fine.
If you put in 192.168.0.5/ in a browser bar it comes up with a login and password box, but nothing of mine seems to work, and I did try admin/password.
Any ideas?
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> 9CA525A07A23-mysimplelink
> is showing up on my wired connections to the router on Port 05.
Huh? What, exactly, does "Port 05" mean to you? At what, exactly,
are you looking? What, exactly, do you see there. Copy+paste is your
friend.What, exactly, is your (unspecified) "the router"? Look for "Model"
on the product label. Firmware version? Connected to what?> I tried blocking it [...]
"tried" _how_, exactly?
> [...] but I lost internet connectivity.
Not a useful problem description. It does not say what you did. It
does not say what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual
actions (commands) with their actual results (error messages, LED
indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
interpretations.
> My main router login [...]Is your (unspecified) "My main router" different from your
(unspecified) "the router"?> If you put in 192.168.0.5/ in a browser bar it comes up with a login
> and password box, [...]Is this ".0.5" somehow related to the mysterious "Port 05" above?
> Any ideas?
Provide a problem description which makes some sense to someone who
can't see your equipment, or how it's connected, or how it's configured,
or what you're doing with it, or what happens when you do it?Don't invent your own technical terms ("Port 05") which make no sense
to anyone else?Try a Web search for "mysimplelink"?
All I meant by Port 05, was it is IP address 192.168.0.5
The router itself is 192.168.0.1
and I did Google mysimplelink, but nothing helpful was found, hence ending up here.
I did discover that the device uses a USR-C332 which apparently is a wifi modem chip.
Just thought someone might have known instantly what this was and I could have put my mind at rest on the matter.
> All I meant by Port 05, was it is IP address 192.168.0.5
"Port" has a well-accepted meaning, different from "part of an IP
address". General advice: If you mean "192.168.0.5", then _write_
"192.168.0.5". It's not complicated.> and I did Google mysimplelink, but nothing helpful was found, [...]
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see what you found, or guess why
you thought it was unhelpful.https://community.blinkforhome.com/t/what-is-mysimplelink/8313
> I did discover [...]
How, exactly?
> [...] that the device uses a USR-C332 which apparently is a wifi modem
> chip.
"the device"? Or is that your question?If it's a gizmo which is sold to many device makers, then it might be
unrealistic to expect anyone here to identify it based on (what looks
like) a MAC address and "mysimplelink".https://dnschecker.org/mac-lookup.php?query=9CA525
If I were trying to identify some mysterious device which appears in
an Attached Devices report -- And I'm only guessing that that's what
you're trying to do -- then I might try some basic detective work, like,
say, powering on/off every "smart" Internet-of-Junk device which I could
find, and see what comes and goes.I have no better idea which devices you own than I have which
router you're using.