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My home network traffic looked like a ghost town for a month, then a wild party
About six months ago, I set up a simple network monitor on my router. For weeks, the logs showed almost nothing, just my laptop and phone. Then last Tuesday, the graph spiked with hundreds of new device connections I didn't recognize. Turns out my smart TV had a default setting turned on, making it a hotspot for the whole apartment building. I changed one setting and the traffic went back to normal. Has anyone else had a 'smart' device quietly open up their network like that?
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adams8213d ago
Yeah, that's a classic move for those "smart" things. Always go into the network settings and kill any hotspot or guest mode right after you unbox it. My buddy's printer did the same thing, offering free wifi to the whole street. Makes you check every device now.
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felix47813d ago
Offering free wifi to the whole street is exactly why I'm paranoid. I just spent twenty minutes digging through my own router settings because my new coffee maker felt a little too friendly. At this point, I assume every gadget I buy is secretly trying to run a public hotspot. My smart bulb probably wants to share my network with the neighbor's cat.
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