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SECURITY! "Intruder" on Telstra-BigPond 4G Advanced II AirCard 790S
Hi I really wanted this to appear under Security, but the website directed me here so if mods, you decide I'm in the wrong place, I did try. As shown, our family has a Netgear, BigPond Wi-Fi 4G Advanced II AirCard 790S hotspot. A day or so ago, I noted an unknown device on the online manager page. Being alone, and knowing no other devices were on, I did my normal thing - didn't note the device ID, didn't log in to get its IP address or block it - just panicked and got off the internet. Later, I got back on and waited to see if it re-joined, when I would snare its details and take things from there. It didn't re-appear that day. Today (15/8/2016), it reappeared but my wife was also online. I checked with her what devices she knew were on and the suspect one was definitely an "extra". This time, I logged in, got its details and blocked it. It had a 12-digit Mac number (i.e., in pairs separated by hyphens). Bit its showed as IP: 0.0.0.0. I looked up the Mac number on a site called "arul's utilities" and it told me the manufacturer (Western Digital, 1599 North Broadway, Rochester Mn 55906, United States) which doesn't mean much to me. Well - that's it. Do the things I've described above mean anything to anyone in the community out there? Cheers ausbumbieSolved