topic Re: Cannot identify new clients in Wireless

Cannot identify new clients

timfeld1 — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:49:32 GMT

Hello - My two Meraki APs (MR16) send me a daily summary report. Several days ago some new devices appeared in the list. I cannot figure out what they are. I am not aware of anything new being added to the LAN. They appear every day (some days fewer and some days more) and I am suspicious. Below is a screenshot from the report. Does anyone have an idea what these devices might be?

Thanks!

Re: Cannot identify new clients

jdsilva — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:09:51 GMT

Made by Amazon, and running Android? Sounds like a Fire tablet to me. Or perhaps a fire stick?

Could be a kindle as well, but I don't know if those run Android.

Re: Cannot identify new clients

BlakeRichardson — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:45:14 GMT

My wifes Kindle reports as a Android device on my home network. Whether it is actually running Android or not is another matter.

Re: Cannot identify new clients

raj.yarlagadda@meraki.com — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:05:25 GMT

Probably Amazon fire tablets or kindle books... Whatever they are, they are consuming a good amount of your bandwidth. If you do not recognize these devices, may be a good idea to block them.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Group_Policies_and_Blacklisting/Blocking_and_Whitelisting_Clients#Blocking_or_Whitelisting_a_Client

Best

Raj

Re: Cannot identify new clients

BlakeRichardson — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:28:57 GMT

@timfeld1 do you use Amazon Fire TV sticks although the bandwidth looks a little low for video streaming.

Re: Cannot identify new clients

BrechtSchamp — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:34:22 GMT

Could also be Amazon echo's streaming music? Any hints in the dashboard about what kind of applications those clients are using?

Re: Cannot identify new clients

timfeld1 — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:53:52 GMT

Thanks Raj! This network has a fairly stable and predictable number of clients and types of clients. These appeared suddenly. I will take your advice and block them. Perhaps I will find out who they belong to when I start receiving comments regarding no wireless access 🙂

Thanks to everyone for the helpful suggestions!