[PLUG] Network Security issue
Russell Senior
russell at personaltelco.net
Tue Dec 5 01:21:19 UTC 2023
Completely made up MAC addresses are common these days, particularly on
mobile devices like iOS and Android, as a privacy measure.
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:14 PM Neal <nsedell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google MAC address lookup. Should give you the registered mfr if not more,
> assuming it's legit.
>
> NealS
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My wife has ESET malware protection on her Windows 7 machine. This
> > afternoon she got this message:
> >
> > Suspected threat blocked because of duplicate IP addresses on network.
> >
> > It gave an IP address that sounds familiar, and shows up in my Buffalo
> > router, but only has a ? as a name. I vaguely remember 192.168.0.204,
> > but can't remember what from. I've looked at all the devices I remember,
> > but they all are called out in the list Buffalo shows.
> >
> > Any hints as to how to track down what caused that error message?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dick Steffens
> >
> >
>
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