I do not see this on my network. You might have an intruder on your network. I'll tell you how to tell if it's your wireless printer. Enter the ip address you have for the item in question. If it's the printer, you should go to a setup or settings page for the printer.
Hi. I noticed the same thing on my computers after upgrading to Windows 7. In my case I had about 3 or 4 "extras" in the list on the right hand side but not in the list on the left (this is in Explorer). I can tell that most of mine are routers by the names of them. I live in an apartment building so I assume it's my neighbors routers. I was told not to worry about it as long as they weren't actually inside the network. But it does slightly concern me and annoys me that they are there. Would love to remove them.
Lisa
Clean install of Windows 7 on new Dell last evening. Everything connected and working fine. Today I notice a computer BRWxxxxxxx with long string of letters and numbers on my network. I can't connect to it. Makes me nervous not knowing what this is.
Is this some kind of Windows admin function or does it somehow relate to my wireless printer? Better yet, how do I delete this as it appears not as easy to do as in Windows XP.
Our network is secured almost the same way it has been for a few years, with a few changes on the new router. The "extras" (as I call them) started showing up only in the view on the right hand side in Explorer, they are not in the left hand side nor are they in the Network and Sharing center when I map the network. Also I checked in my router settings and it has only shown that our equipment has accessed the router.
I know what all my equipment is. I have an NAS which shows up once for the actual unit encloser and once for the drive itself. I know what my wireless printer is named. Then there's our laptops and the readyshare from the router and of course my router itself.
The other items that have aappeared on both are laptops after upgrading to Windows 7 appear to be routers. There seem to be 3 there all the time and occasinally one or two others are there. Two are Linksys WRT110 and one is a WNDR3300. I know those are routers.
SSID is set to broadcast as it has always been.
Have not upgraded the firmware on this new router yet. Figured I would wait to see if the need arises to do so. But this issue of the "extras" showing up, was happening on the old router after upgrading computer to Windows 7.
Using WPA2-PSK (AES) with this router. (Old router didn't have WPA2, just had WPA and I can't recall if I was using AES or TKIP.) When I decided to use WPA2, I didn't know whether TKIP or AES was better. So I just picked one. It worked great for over 48 hours. Hate to mess with that setting now as I'd have to do it on both computers and I don't want my husband to start having trouble. (Note: turned computer on this morning and it connected wirelessly no problem. Yesterdays problem may have been a fluke or it may be that I'm using the Dell Wireless Utility to manage my wireless. It was not upgraded when I went to Windows 7 as Dell doesn't have any drivers/software available for Windows 7 for this model. Which I'm very upset with as I just bought this computer less than 7 months ago. Reading in Dell forum, some people have uninstalled the utility, rebooted and let Windows manage their wireless. Am thinking about trying that if I have the problem again.
My router channel for 2.4 is set to auto and my mode is set to 130 mbps (default settings). For 5g it's set to 36 and 300 mbps.
Guest network is off.
Advanced wireless settings for 2.4: Enable wireless router radio is checked. Fragmentation length is 2346. CTS/RTS Threshold is 2347. Preamble mode is auto. Power control is 100%. Settings for 5 are the same. These are the defaults as I don't know what they are.
WPS Settings: Keep existing wireless settings are checked. Never did anything with repeater settings (off) or port forwarding. Never did anything with WAN setup, only thing here is MTU 1492 and NAT filtering is secured.
Never did anything with LAN setup. Assuming all is default. Use router as DHCP server is checked.
QOS is not on - don't really know what this is or if it's really helpful. At the top the Enable WMM settings boxes are checked - I didn't touch them.
Dynamic DNS - not checked. Static routes has nothing listed. Remote management is off. USB Settings is enabled. UPNP is enabled. Traffic meter is not.
I noticed something mentioned in the recommended settings about mac address filtering. I just went through my entire list and wrote pretty much all the information except my ISP info and I don't see anything about this.
So should I try to change anything or should I leave it alone and see what happens. If I have a problem again on just mine, could it be the WPA / WPA2 or AES V TKIP? I thought WPA2 was better? Again as far as AES or TKIP, I just picked one.
Lisa
PS. Concerning those extras. When I right click and click on properties, I just get a page with basic information. Information such as the web page or IP are greyd out and show as unavailable.
I do not see this on my network. You might have an intruder on your network. I'll tell you how to tell if it's your wireless printer. Enter the ip address you have for the item in question. If it's the printer, you should go to a setup or settings page for the printer.
You just might have to reidentify what the unknown devices are. I have a Linksys router and use Linksys Advisor. When I install Windows 7, I had to identify the printer and the other computers on my network again.
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Is your wireless network secured with these Recommended Wireless Router Settings?
I do not see this on my network. You might have an intruder on your network. I'll tell you how to tell if it's your wireless printer. Enter the ip address you have for the item in question. If it's the printer, you should go to a setup or settings page for the printer.
Rick
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Hi. I noticed the same thing on my computers after upgrading to Windows 7. In my case I had about 3 or 4 "extras" in the list on the right hand side but not in the list on the left (this is in Explorer). I can tell that most of mine are routers by the names of them. I live in an apartment building so I assume it's my neighbors routers. I was told not to worry about it as long as they weren't actually inside the network. But it does slightly concern me and annoys me that they are there. Would love to remove them.
Lisa
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November 11th, 2009 07:00
Hi Rick,
Our network is secured almost the same way it has been for a few years, with a few changes on the new router. The "extras" (as I call them) started showing up only in the view on the right hand side in Explorer, they are not in the left hand side nor are they in the Network and Sharing center when I map the network. Also I checked in my router settings and it has only shown that our equipment has accessed the router.
I know what all my equipment is. I have an NAS which shows up once for the actual unit encloser and once for the drive itself. I know what my wireless printer is named. Then there's our laptops and the readyshare from the router and of course my router itself.
The other items that have aappeared on both are laptops after upgrading to Windows 7 appear to be routers. There seem to be 3 there all the time and occasinally one or two others are there. Two are Linksys WRT110 and one is a WNDR3300. I know those are routers.
SSID is set to broadcast as it has always been.
Have not upgraded the firmware on this new router yet. Figured I would wait to see if the need arises to do so. But this issue of the "extras" showing up, was happening on the old router after upgrading computer to Windows 7.
Using WPA2-PSK (AES) with this router. (Old router didn't have WPA2, just had WPA and I can't recall if I was using AES or TKIP.) When I decided to use WPA2, I didn't know whether TKIP or AES was better. So I just picked one. It worked great for over 48 hours. Hate to mess with that setting now as I'd have to do it on both computers and I don't want my husband to start having trouble. (Note: turned computer on this morning and it connected wirelessly no problem. Yesterdays problem may have been a fluke or it may be that I'm using the Dell Wireless Utility to manage my wireless. It was not upgraded when I went to Windows 7 as Dell doesn't have any drivers/software available for Windows 7 for this model. Which I'm very upset with as I just bought this computer less than 7 months ago. Reading in Dell forum, some people have uninstalled the utility, rebooted and let Windows manage their wireless. Am thinking about trying that if I have the problem again.
My router channel for 2.4 is set to auto and my mode is set to 130 mbps (default settings). For 5g it's set to 36 and 300 mbps.
Guest network is off.
Advanced wireless settings for 2.4: Enable wireless router radio is checked. Fragmentation length is 2346. CTS/RTS Threshold is 2347. Preamble mode is auto. Power control is 100%. Settings for 5 are the same. These are the defaults as I don't know what they are.
WPS Settings: Keep existing wireless settings are checked. Never did anything with repeater settings (off) or port forwarding. Never did anything with WAN setup, only thing here is MTU 1492 and NAT filtering is secured.
Never did anything with LAN setup. Assuming all is default. Use router as DHCP server is checked.
QOS is not on - don't really know what this is or if it's really helpful. At the top the Enable WMM settings boxes are checked - I didn't touch them.
Dynamic DNS - not checked. Static routes has nothing listed. Remote management is off. USB Settings is enabled. UPNP is enabled. Traffic meter is not.
I noticed something mentioned in the recommended settings about mac address filtering. I just went through my entire list and wrote pretty much all the information except my ISP info and I don't see anything about this.
So should I try to change anything or should I leave it alone and see what happens. If I have a problem again on just mine, could it be the WPA / WPA2 or AES V TKIP? I thought WPA2 was better? Again as far as AES or TKIP, I just picked one.
Lisa
PS. Concerning those extras. When I right click and click on properties, I just get a page with basic information. Information such as the web page or IP are greyd out and show as unavailable.
PudgyOne
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November 11th, 2009 11:00
Lisa,
You just might have to reidentify what the unknown devices are. I have a Linksys router and use Linksys Advisor. When I install Windows 7, I had to identify the printer and the other computers on my network again.
Rick