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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 currently shown as being offline.
I changed my network password during initial setup (two days ago), and I believe my network is secure.
- Does TMobile connect something to my network?
- Does the app assign new IP and MAC addresses each time a device connects to the network, and maybe the app is displaying information from when a device was previously connected by me?
- Is there any easy way for me to determine what this mystery device is?
Thanks.
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.
