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Wounded_Knee
5 years agoNetwork Novice
Home Internet - I do not recognize a device on my network
In the TMobile Home Internet app, under “Devices”, I recognize all of my devices EXCEPT one — the list includes a mystery device with its IP address and its MAC address. This mystery device is curre...
linanbob2
5 years agoRoaming Rookie
I assume you’ve gotten the MAC IDs off each of your devices and compared? Maybe there’s a device you hadn’t considered like a smartwatch or somesuch?
MAC IDs are inherent to the device and cannot be changed. They can be spoofed, but I highly doubt T-Mobile would have a need to do that.
The router could assign a new IP when you connect, I haven’t paid much mind to that as it usually doesn’t matter.
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