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My router shows an address for something it knows as "NPIA142A",
but I have no clue.

I can ping it's address, so I guess it's online.

Only thing I can think of that I've installed recently is a Davis
wireless weather station console - but that's a USB device and
when I unplug it, the problem address is still pingable.

Googling the name doesn't turn up anything.

Can anybody suggest how to find out more about it?
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PeteCresswell

Per (PeteCresswell):
>Only thing I can think of that I've installed recently is a Davis
>wireless weather station console

Oops. I lied: also hooked up a LogiTech Squeezebox (internet
radio). But that device is accounted for: pingable, present in
the router's explicit address list, and so-on.

I'm assuming that the problem device must be an actual piece of
hardware, since it has a MAC address. Bad assumption?
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PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per (PeteCresswell):
>> Only thing I can think of that I've installed recently is a Davis
>> wireless weather station console
>
> Oops. I lied: also hooked up a LogiTech Squeezebox (internet
> radio). But that device is accounted for: pingable, present in
> the router's explicit address list, and so-on.
>
> I'm assuming that the problem device must be an actual piece of
> hardware, since it has a MAC address. Bad assumption?

If you can see its MAC address, you can find out the manufacturer (which
might help identify it):
http://aruljohn.com/mac.pl
http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/

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Lem

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

Hi
Download and run this free application.
Pull its Option menu and configure it to provide max, info.
Run it and give it a minute to do its thing.
It might provide better info about all networked devices.
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).


"(PeteCresswell)" <> wrote in message
news...
> My router shows an address for something it knows as "NPIA142A",
> but I have no clue.
>
> I can ping it's address, so I guess it's online.
>
> Only thing I can think of that I've installed recently is a Davis
> wireless weather station console - but that's a USB device and
> when I unplug it, the problem address is still pingable.
>
> Googling the name doesn't turn up anything.
>
> Can anybody suggest how to find out more about it?
> --
> PeteCresswell

Per Lem:

>If you can see its MAC address, you can find out the manufacturer (which
>might help identify it):
>http://aruljohn.com/mac.pl
>http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/

Bingo. It was the Ethernet card in my printer.

Thanks.
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PeteCresswell

Per Jack [MVP-Networking]:
>Download and run this free application.
>Pull its Option menu and configure it to provide max, info.
>Run it and give it a minute to do its thing.
>It might provide better info about all networked devices.
>http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
>Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

Did it. Presents a useful list to compare against the router's
DHCP reservation table.

Thanks.
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PeteCresswell

Hi
You can also add to Netscan the oui.txt and configure it to id the
manufacturers of the Network cards.
http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

"(PeteCresswell)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Per Jack [MVP-Networking]:
>>Download and run this free application.
>>Pull its Option menu and configure it to provide max, info.
>>Run it and give it a minute to do its thing.
>>It might provide better info about all networked devices.
>>http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
>>Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).
>
> Did it. Presents a useful list to compare against the router's
> DHCP reservation table.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> PeteCresswell