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Is this unknown device on my network safe?
Genie shows a wireless smart phone named LG-V30 on my R7000 network. I looked up it's MAC (B4:F1:DA:EE:87:B9) at:
https://aruljohn.com/mac.php?mac=B4%3AF1%3ADA&rtype=mac.
It says the company is Tabluae Limited. I found this compamy website.
https://www.tableau.com/products#tableau-mobile
The products they sell appear to be software to analyze networks. But this is a device.
On second thought, the name LG-V30 suggests my LG refrigerator. It has a debugging system that can send send refrigerator diagnostic information to LG. I used it last month when the compressor failed. I held my cell phone against a spot on the refrigorator.
Not to be paranoid but LGs are imported from China. How can I find out more?
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Update: It turns out that the device's MAC matches my personal cell phone -- a Google Pixel 2XL. Problem solved. But it seems weird that Tableau owns the MAC of a Google phone, Genie calls it an LG, and the Device name in the phone is "Stan's Pixel 2XL".
