Rogue devices showing up on windows 8 network in file exporer.

Anonymous
2013-01-02T19:49:18+00:00

Hi everyone,

When I connect to my wireless network (very secure and complex WPA2 password), I go to File Explorer and the click on the "Network" at the bottom left of the window.  There continues to be a wireless device or phone that shows detected on the network.  I have seen three different devices and mac addresses since logging on this morning.  I have also checked the router and there is no record of these mac id's or devices on the router.  Where would these be coming from?  This doesn't show on my Windows 7 machines.  And also, I do not own any of these phones that are appearing on the network.  Any help would be appreciated. 

Thank You in advance for any help,

Phil

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-05T03:07:20+00:00

    This appears to be a situation where locally connected devices i.e: a neighbour's phone may be shown in your network. This is not a security problem. As long as your internet connection is protected you should not be able to access the phone's files and it can't access any of yours.

    For further information please see the last response (chev65) at http://www.eightforums.com/network-sharing/12630-someones-phone-connected-my-network-why-how-5.html.

    Please let me know if this helps address your concerns.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-05T04:44:11+00:00

    This appears to be a situation where locally connected devices i.e: a neighbour's phone may be shown in your network. This is not a security problem. As long as your internet connection is protected you should not be able to access the phone's files and it can't access any of yours.

     

    Can you explain to me how a secure wireless network is going to have a neighbor's phone connect to it without being authenticated?

    Or, can you provide a link to Microsoft documentation that explains how this is possible?

    At this point, I am a bit skeptical about your possible answer but, hey, I don't pretend to know everything so I would like to read up more on this if you can provide me with documentation.

    Thanks in advance.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-05T15:59:15+00:00

    This appears to be a situation where locally connected devices i.e: a neighbour's phone may be shown in your network. This is not a security problem. As long as your internet connection is protected you should not be able to access the phone's files and it can't access any of yours.

     

    For further information please see the last response (chev65) at http://www.eightforums.com/network-sharing/12630-someones-phone-connected-my-network-why-how-5.html.

     

    Please let me know if this helps address your concerns.

    This actually does help.  I am glad that I am not the only one with this issue.  I hope that Microsoft addresses this issue quickly.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-28T15:26:59+00:00

    I have this exact issue. My network is protected and passwords have been changed frequently yet  phones appear on my network without IPs

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T13:48:20+00:00

    I have this same issue.  I assume this is because WPA2 does not protect the physical and MAC layers (after all, everyone, even the wireless network owner, needs a minimum level of wireless access in order to get onto the network). I suspect that the rogue cell phones attempted some sort of 'meaningful' access attempt in order to be seen in the Windows 8 networks view?  Or is all it takes is for the rogue cell phone to show it's owner that there is SSID 'xyz' available that is 'secure'? Just curious.

    George

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