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Random devices on my network displayed in Windows explorer under the network section
Random devices that i did not connect to my network are popping up under the Network section of Windows Explorer. However, when i check on my Netgear Router settings, none of these devices appear anyw...
- That is a WINDOWS bug... All my computers would show a phone connected to the network. Router access list would not. Explorer wouldn't show it on the network either.
Others have posted about this as well on the web, http://www.eightforums.com/network-sharing/12630-someones-phone-connected-my-network-why-how.html.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-networking/unknown-phone-appears-as-a-con...
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Wireless-Networking/Unknown-devices-showing-in-windows-8-network...
As the last one shows, it is probably due to Windows Connect Now Service:
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WCNCSVC hosts the Windows Connect Now Configuration which is Microsoft's Implementation of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol. This is used to configure Wireless LAN settings for an Access Point (AP) or a Wi-Fi Device. The service is started programmatically as needed.
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I just disabled that service and no longer see this. I can only surmise that it senses a phone nearby and 'remembers' it. In my case they tend to disappear within minutes and properties only show a MAC address, it never connects.Message 5 of 5
I dont understand the word processor in this app: it keeps disappearing my text....
I was basically saying what Robbymalz was, namely I have carefully accounted for all my stuff and proved beyond my own doubt that it is a real intruder. I locked it out using the macaddr in the end, and all my own stuff still works while I havent seen it since. So sorry, cant accept your answer. Big worry is it can get on apparently without the password.
Related info and maybe line of enquiry: was researching WD Cloud stuff (I have passport pro wireless 2tb and think it wonderful) and came across warning Mycloud home (some) had bits of Dlink in firmware which created a possible loophole. This is now fixed I understand. This kind of problem would fit with your suggestion regarding handy block of code - unforeseen consequences etc. But what could it be in?
I Have been in IT since 1964 so there is not much I haven't encountered yet. But Confucius teaches that awareness of our own ignorance is first step towards true wisdom so I try to keep an open mind while continuing to eliminate false assumptions as best I can. Arthur T.
yes this word processor certainly gets annoying lol.
But anyways, I'm aspiring to be an IT Administrator once I graduate. I've been managing my home network as well as some my neighbors home networks since i was 10, now I'm 23.
All my neighbors experienced this issue as well though they were unaware of it until I pointed it out to them at the time I made this forum.
It's always good to ask questions because not everyone knows everything, even the "know-it-alls" who tend to "doubt" actions of others..
Let's all keep in mind that this post is about an issue I, along with others, am experiencing and looking for a solution, not sarcasm.
Damn I just lost another page of text....
First my router is an R7000p; my reading of the intro was that router model is optional and in this context ought to be irrelevant - the point is that an unauthorised device appears to be able to get on to my network without the password and any modern router should protect equally well. And for the record I did fill in the box. So this app and forum has yet another mechanical problem. It's doing weird things when I hit some key (but I dont know which) including dropping out altogether.
Second No sarcasm was intended in what I wrote previously. If it appeared that way I apologise. I was I thought writing to confirm my support and agreement with what you had written namely that you had to the best of your ability, proven that the intruder was a real one, not a misrecognition of your own device, as I had done likewise. I was in this context disappointed with the apparent way it had been dismissed. But be very clear, It was not I who wrote about psychic powers and searches and stuff. Clearly this forum has a problem in that it is hard to ensure that your post always correctly identifies the target and the sender.
Now I have your latest post, reporting that it may be a Microsoft problem and therefore not a Netgear issue at all. I need to think long and hard on this, not because I am any fan of Microsoft any more, but because it is hard to envisage how it could be seen at all unless there were something to trigger the report. I agree the device didnt show up in the Attached list but that's not that quick to respond anyway; and depending on what's happening it is very easy to not see things there even when you are specifically looking for them. So, and no sarcasm intended, it's a bit like Bigfoot's footprint. It doesn't actually prove Bigfoot exists, but it's very hard to account for otherwise. It could still be easier to catch Bigfoot, than whoever is faking it.....
And on that note, I'm out. I wont be contributing to or following this forum any longer.
I am happy that my network is working well enough and secure enough that I have no major concerns. And this is all taking up time and effort I no longer wish to expend.
Goodbye all. Arthur T.
- My apologies to you. The sarcasm part wasn't in reference to you lol. It was in reference to antinode.
You on the other were or are supportive and I'm glad to see your interest is this issue.
This message forum easily gets mixed up it seems lol
The model is optional and indeed irrelevant as this issue can and does affect many models. I am going to reach out to Microsoft and what anyone there has to say about it, though my recent post suggests it's just a bug with Windows.