9CA525A07A23-mysimplelink

Guru

Apr 13, 2021

> 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"?

coldal
Aspirant
Apr 13, 2021
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.
- antinode
  Guru
  Apr 13, 2021
  > 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.
  - coldal
    Aspirant
    Apr 14, 2021
    It's okay, forget it, I have solved the problem by elimination.
    It was my EV charger.

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