Am i being watched.

Spank

Probably not this, but no else suggested it. do you have your TV connected via wifi?

ankspon

No telly connected just my laptop

ankspon

espresso wrote: »

So how many characters is your new wireless key?

Have you configured it to use WPA2 encryption?

Is it something like

"ankspon" ?

or

"}?&Dl]WA*5gW;Tc~;Xks,~w~;KVSK&=*@e$3]t-rx[Rl}GVFLZ=_86BmOn=C&!#" ?

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It's not as simple as "ankspon",i understood it had to be a mixture not straightforward.It is wpa2 as well

pbryd

What about your mobile phone, does that connect?

ankspon

No just the laptop,nowt else.

victor2

Does it still show 2 connected items?
If so, can you post a screenshot of what it shows?

sillygoose

I wondered what one device using my router was, until I realised it was my Sky HD box, forgot I hooked it up to use the anytime service.

ankspon

Just realised it maybe some sort of storage,the router is a huwaie hg523a and it says something about nas storage.

thescouselander

Er, I just thought I point out that the op should expect to see 2 devices on the network - the router itself and their computer (or whatever device they are using).

kwikbreaks

ankspon wrote: »

huwaie hg523a

Looking at the TalkTalk WiFi setup guide for this I see..

Step 1: Wired connectivity

Before setting up your wireless connection, make sure you are able to connect to the internet using an Ethernet cable.

Assuming you did that then your laptop ethernet connection would have been allocated an IP address and a DHCP lease set up which reserved that address for a period (time varies from hours to days).

When you connect via Wi Fi you are using a different connector with a different MAC and as far as the router is concerned it is a different machine so it will get a different IP and a lease.

I suspect what you are seeing as the additional machine is your old eternet connection as the lease hadn't expired. If the IP was 1 less than your current IP then that would add strongly to my guesswork.