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BarryT38
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Virgin Connect App

Hi,

The Virgin Connect App is listing an iPhone that I don’t recognise. The phone concerned is not connect to my hub or WiFi and there is no ip address listed for it. Could this be that the the app is picking up a phone in a neighbouring house? I’ve paused the connection just in case.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Replies

  • Many thanks. It’s got the name QLOCOM which seems to be a WiFi extender perhaps?

  • Many thanks for relying. We have 2 iPhones in the house. Both are correctly listed. We have some old phones that have been switched on since the Connect App was installed. 


    what’s a fluke Mac randomisation btw?

    Thanks again.

    • Adduxi's avatar
      Adduxi
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      BarryT38 wrote:

      what’s a fluke Mac randomisation btw?

      Most modern device use a MAC randomisation for security, it just picks a random MAC address for the device, so a specific device can't be identified by it's MAC address.  So, you can't rely on this method of MAC addressing, for example, blocking access to your Hub. You may block a device, but the next day it will have another MAC address, and therefor will be able to bypass the previous days block.  Makes sense?

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
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    Did you ever have an iPhone at some stage?  AFAIK the connect app uses a backend database and this may be an old connection showing up.  Have you tried clearing the app cache and/or reinstalling the app?

    It may also be a fluke MAC randomisation? I doubt if it is a neighbours phone btw.