For the "fun of it" today I was rooting around in my modem trying to match up/rename all of our devices. I see one strange thing that doesn't match anything in the house. I tried blocklisting it, although that appears to do nothing, even with the 24 hrs per day/7 day per week block. It's still in the *active* list when refreshed...
... 3 hours later, I'm still obsessing over it. I get back in there and change the wifi password... and update all the household devices. It's still there. **blank stare**
What could this possibly be? The IP doesn't match the other devices. Is this part of the modem configuration? Probably not since I theoretically have it blocklisted, if that feature even works at all.. and with it on the blocklist, the internet is working fine. (Well as fine as it has ever worked.)
This Hitron modem administration is a little wonky anyways. Device/mac filtering on my Bell internet was 100x easier (just not worth the $). This thing says "saved", yet there it sits in the active category. (Just as a "complaint" nobody will care about, maybe work on that UI for any upcoming updates.) If it was some random neighbouring device who somehow got my wifi password, it should've been booted when I updated the password?
Anyone have similar unknown devices in their wireless list?
Hello Jewlee121,
Do you happen to have an Alcatel tablet or device? Apparently, devices with MAC addresses beginning with 94-27-90 were made by TCT Mobile Ltd (see here) which are affiliated with Alcatel (see here). Fido does (at least did) offer an Alcatel tablet (see here).
Hope this helps 😀
Cheers
