Unknown Devices using my BT homehub
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to find your mac id:
- In the start menu search, type cmd
- run cmd
- type in ipconfig /all or getmac and it should locate both commands and the window will remain open
getmac is easiest to understand tbh0 -
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asbokid - wow, thanks for that info! Have only one problem - where do I find the MAC code on each device? Have found it on my iphone but can't find it on my laptop - but I am a div!
If it's a Windows laptop, the MAC must be shown in the control panel - network devices, or some such..
Alternatively, use the ipconfig tool which you can access from a DOS prompt.
Click Start, then Run, then type cmd.exe in the text box and type ipconfig /all will show you the following.
The "Physical Address" is the MAC address:
In the example above, the first six hex digits of the MAC address are 00-10-4B
Those first six digits, hyphenated as three pairs are then feed into this database search engine:
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/public.html
And the results are....0 -
tellmeitsfriday wrote: »Might just be the first time some one's used it!
I found one the other week, and it was the EDF meter man checking his Facebook page on his laptop in his van
Blimey, how did you know that?0 -
BT Fon / BT Openzone access DOES NOT show up on your HomeHub.
Users are invisible to you and they cannot tell which HomeHub they are connected to.
The unknown devices are probably your own smartphones if you have them, or the devices you know you have got connected, if you haven't named them!British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
asbokid - thanks again, v informative! I knew it would get complicated but I will give it a try now!0
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Any network drives, network printers, AV receivers, Bluray players or any other devices?
Just delete them and see what has disconnected.
Son has given out your Hub password?
We don't have any of those things. I have blocked the unknown things.
The kids don't know the password
Think maybe I should just change it?0
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