Question Weird wifi connections ?

[tutermoe]

I have have about 10 of these showing up in my connection list ?

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Thanks for any help

 

[COLGeek]

Show via a picture.

Upload an image to a site like imgur.com and then post a link here.

 

[Ralston18]

Much more information needed.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Make and model information for modem, router, or modem/router if combined.

Take some screenshots and post the screenshots here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

 

[dwd999]

Do you mean that you see them on your list of available connections? If you live in a congested neighborhood or building where you can see lots of neighbors signals then its probably just routers installed for them by an internet provider who gives them similar names.

 

[tutermoe]

https://imgur.com/a/9GRygdY

View: https://imgur.com/a/9GRygdY


it is a linksys router, using fiber internet, they show up on all our devices

 

[tutermoe]

Do you mean that you see them on your list of available connections? If you live in a congested neighborhood or building where you can see lots of neighbors signals then its probably just routers installed for them by an internet provider who gives them similar names.

no one within a mile

 

[COLGeek]

Is this your router or one provided by the ISP?

Do you have any other access points or extenders in use?

 

[tutermoe]

Is this your router or one provided by the ISP?

Do you have any other access points or extenders in use?

My router, none was supplied by provider, no access points or extenders

 

[dwd999]

Does this linksys router support mesh-type connections? For example, on TP-Link routers there is a mesh setup option which when active looks like a duplicate connection with a mac address 1 digit up from the primary "real" connection.

 

[tutermoe]

Does this linksys router support mesh-type connections? For example, on TP-Link routers there is a mesh setup option which when active looks like a duplicate connection with a mac address 1 digit up from the primary "real" connection.

it is a ea7430, does not support mesh

 

[COLGeek]

no one within a mile

Any wireless ISPs in your vicinity? Something like the T-Mobile service seen on advertisements comes to mind.

 

[Ralston18]

Who has full admin rights to the router?

Was the router's default login name and password changed?

 

[COLGeek]

Who has full admin rights to the router?

Was the router's default login name and password changed?

Good questions. Also, are any guest networks enabled on the router?

 

[tutermoe]

Good questions. Also, are any guest networks enabled on the router?

i do have guests enabled and i am the admin, i just got off the phone with my provider, they said everything looked good, im stumped, i might reset the router

 

[COLGeek]

i do have guests enabled and i am the admin, i just got off the phone with my provider, they said everything looked good, im stumped, i might reset the router

While looking at your router settings, look at the MAC addresses for the various transceivers/radios to see if they match the previous image.

Also, as an experiment, disable the guest networks and see what happens.

 

[dwd999]

Also, just shut your router off for a few minutes and if you still see them listed then you know they're coming from somewhere outside of your home.