Windows 10 strange devices showing up in Network

Jailer

I've had the exact same thing happen to me. A random "phone" will show up in explorer just like what W4RH34D posted. No IP just a MAC address and nothing else.

ETA: I live in a rural area with no one close enough to connect to my network unless they are on my property.

Also seems to be something that others have experienced.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=windows+10+random+phones+on+network

W4RH34D

Ok so I am not crazy. ;D

w0w

Yes, looks like this is some windows 8/10 feature-bug, but we can't exclude the possibility that big brother is watching you 8)

W4RH34D

I mean that's fine if they are even though it would be considered "wrong" of them to be.

It's just frustrating when there's issues and the only thing that is unexplainable is this.

A Former User

You may want to look into Windows Wi-Fi Sense a little. It will not make you happy.
Just a thought.

W4RH34D

I'm mostly on mac. I only have 2 windows machines and theyre both for entertainment purposes.

I guess I'll be subnetting those off the rest of the network.

A Former User

@W4RH34D:

I only have 2 windows machines and theyre both for entertainment purposes.

Well you were entertained enough I hate to say. Maybe turn Wi-Fi Sense off too. ;)

W4RH34D

@webtyro:

@W4RH34D:

I only have 2 windows machines and theyre both for entertainment purposes.

Well you were entertained enough I hate to say. Maybe turn Wi-Fi Sense off too. ;)

You call it entertainment, I call it technology that is not saving time but wasting it.

I put the windows machines on a separate subnet and it has stopped happening.

A Former User

Bad pun I know. I have one lan called "home" and another called "untrusted". I know you can guess where the visiting Microsoft units are put. Hard to trust them. I run all Debian for my own use. Microsoft had a good run but I feel they have gone rogue.
Post update if it shows again. Hope not though.

W4RH34D

@webtyro:

Bad pun I know. I have one lan called "home" and another called "untrusted". I know you can guess where the visiting Microsoft units are put. Hard to trust them. I run all Debian for my own use. Microsoft had a good run but I feel they have gone rogue.
Post update if it shows again. Hope not though.

I've seen a quality drop from nearly every big tech company there is.