Unknown devices on your router are probably due to the friendly name of the device not existing or not being picked up by your router. Instead, you will see its IP address and MAC address, plus a ‘name’ which may or may not contain any hints as to what the device is. If you see strange devices on your network manager, it is likely that your Wi-Fi is protected using a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) protocol. Your device will continuously try its attempts, even when connected already, to find a new network with better connections.
Dear communitymembers,
When I run a vulnerabilityscan on my network. My router is being listed as a Router, but also as a unknown device. (I can see the same IP 192.168.2.254). Can somebody give me an explanation for this behaviour??..
Many thanks in advance!
Jaap Wiggers
Unknown devices on your router are probably due to the friendly name of the device not existing or not being picked up by your router. Instead, you will see its IP address and MAC address, plus a ‘name’ which may or may not contain any hints as to what the device is. If you see strange devices on your network manager, it is likely that your Wi-Fi is protected using a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) protocol. Your device will continuously try its attempts, even when connected already, to find a new network with better connections.