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Paired wifi devices appear as ethernet connections

Gigi961
Explorer

Hi there 

My paired devices appear as ethernet connections without me physically connected them through ethernet on my broadband. How is this possible? Is it a hacking thing? 
I did found a few weeks back a LAN connection (with a Mac address that does not identify into anything) in my event log without me actually connectIng anything. I also have 2 unknown devices on my broadband as offline devices with again only MAC addresses that to not identify into anything specific. One of them has an IPv4 address 10.100.100.1 if this is helpful! These 2 devices they have come back after 2 factory resets as offline devices when all my other devices have been deleted. 

Any help and explanation will be appreciated a lot

Thank you for your time and energy

 

 

Thanks for your time and energy

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XRaySpeX
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@Gigi961 : Do you have any WiFi extenders? If so, are they connected to the router by Ethernet?

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Hi there thanks for the reply! We do not have wifi extenders anywhere at home!

 

XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

Which EE BB plan are you on including its speed? What EE router do you have (read label or post a pix)?

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP