F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Networks A strange gadget is always trying to connect back to my router, no matter what I do about it.

A strange gadget is always trying to connect back to my router, no matter what I do about it.

A strange gadget is always trying to connect back to my router, no matter what I do about it.

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Cursed_gaming
Junior Member
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07-21-2026, 10:50 AM
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Hello there! There is a gadget plugged into my router. It seems to keep switching between 2.4GHz and 5G sometimes and then breaks the connection. There are three more gadgets like that that I don't know what they do, but it scares me because maybe one of them is doing something bad like a DDOS attack or some other weird thing. Even though nothing has happened so far, it still tries to connect to my router even after I changed my password to something different.
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Cursed_gaming
07-21-2026, 10:50 AM #1

Hello there! There is a gadget plugged into my router. It seems to keep switching between 2.4GHz and 5G sometimes and then breaks the connection. There are three more gadgets like that that I don't know what they do, but it scares me because maybe one of them is doing something bad like a DDOS attack or some other weird thing. Even though nothing has happened so far, it still tries to connect to my router even after I changed my password to something different.

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Tango599
Member
165
07-21-2026, 04:16 PM
#2
Here is an update: I'm not sure if it matters, but do you think Port Forwarding makes these things show up?
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Tango599
07-21-2026, 04:16 PM #2

Here is an update: I'm not sure if it matters, but do you think Port Forwarding makes these things show up?

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BurryPetya
Member
69
07-22-2026, 12:05 AM
#3
Why would it think they are connecting? They might be trying to join and get stuck, yet the messages keep showing up somewhere anyway.
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BurryPetya
07-22-2026, 12:05 AM #3

Why would it think they are connecting? They might be trying to join and get stuck, yet the messages keep showing up somewhere anyway.

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pugsby0203
Member
65
07-29-2026, 12:30 AM
#4
It shows up on the site that runs my MR50G router.
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pugsby0203
07-29-2026, 12:30 AM #4

It shows up on the site that runs my MR50G router.

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TwaniPlays
Junior Member
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07-29-2026, 01:31 AM
#5
Update: I just learned that those names are from my brother's phone and my mom's phone. They're using iPhones, which made me think it was a different device. So I looked online to see what they mean and found out they are the actual names of their devices when connected. But it keeps reconnecting over and over again so I don't know why this is happening.
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TwaniPlays
07-29-2026, 01:31 AM #5

Update: I just learned that those names are from my brother's phone and my mom's phone. They're using iPhones, which made me think it was a different device. So I looked online to see what they mean and found out they are the actual names of their devices when connected. But it keeps reconnecting over and over again so I don't know why this is happening.