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Unidentified device on network



Hi everyone,
I'm new to all this and I have one device on my network that I can't identify. Can anybody help? Screenshot below. Thanks.

I'm new to all this and I have one device on my network that I can't identify. Can anybody help? Screenshot below. Thanks.


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Another way is to do a vendor search , and that vendor probably is a manufacturer of the wireless radio used in one of your devices, so that probably will not help..
Last way is to look for your known devices Fing did not identify, and turn them off one at a time. While the device is off, use Fing to ping it. Once you have a unit off and via ping it no longer responds, you have found your device.
Thanks for the info. I don't get a management page by going to the IP and the vendor comes up as "Shanghai Simcom". I've no idea what they make and a search doesn't bring much up for me. I have a lot of devices in my house so trying to find them all and turn them off is going to be a challenge! (my bad, I know) I did have an idea that it might be the wireless connection of something that is already attached by a cable. I'm going to upgrade my router soon so hopefully I will identify all the devices as they re-attach to the network. Thanks for the help.
Mike
It looks like it's my TicWatch Pro running Wear OS. I'm going to try turning WiFi on and off a few more times to verify it but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
Thanks for all your help everybody