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Is the first device in the devices list is my router?

Ahmed02Ahmed02 Member Posts: 1 ✭
edited February 2020 in Fing App

In the list of the devices which connected to my network, the first device looks like a router, is this my router or another one?

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  • kltaylorkltaylor Moderator, Beta Tester Posts: 1,231
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    Hi @Ahmed02, welcome to the community and thanks for your question.

    Typically the first device in a LAN network "could be" the router/gateway, but not always.  Sometimes administrators will move them to the very last device in the last, and I've seen them placed somewhere in the middle using the lower numbers of the network as statically assigned IPs, and the other side as the DHCP pool.

    Typically it's up to the admin on where the device resides in the network.
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  • RobinRobin Administrator, Fing Team Posts: 3,796
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    Hi @Ahmed02
    Thanks for your post. In order to correctly address this, can you share the screenshot of the device you are trying to identify?
    Robin (Admin at Fing)
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