topic New router IP address in Broadband

New router IP address

Arandora — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:16:55 GMT

Recently a new IP Address has appeared on a network monitor I use in addition to my router address of 192.168.1.1 This is 192.168.1.114 which according to Google "is a private IP address and directly related to your Wi-Fi network. It is the chain of numbers you use to access the router admin page. However, as briefly mentioned, your router also has another public IP address."

Can ayone elaborate on this?

Re: New router IP address

Gondola — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:24:34 GMT

Hi Arandora

IP addresses in the range 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.254 are for devices connected to your router.

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:57:23 GMT

I replied to this earlier or though I had ,,,,,,,,,

.................... I have not added any new devices to my network which first appeared on my network on 30/8/22.

Re: New router IP address

Gondola — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:22:45 GMT

Have you captured the MAC address of the device that's been assigned the IP address 192.168.1.114 as there's a possibility of identifying the manufacturer from the first part of the MAC address. Not always possible though.

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:37:50 GMT

Yes it is 52-CB-9E-41-B4-3f which I searched for on Google but didn't recognise any of the results.

Re: New router IP address

Gondola — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:01:26 GMT

Yes, it's not a registered MAC address which means it's most likely a randomised MAC address often used for mobile devices that decline to be tracked from one access point to another.

I assume the device is connected to your router by Wi-Fi and not an Ethernet connection.

You can always block the MAC address to see if any of your devices get disconnected. And then see if a new device appears.

Re: New router IP address

Chris-TalkTalk — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:40:36 GMT

Hi Arandora,

I can see that Gondola has offered you some help with this, please let us know how you get on

Chris

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:12:32 GMT

The IP address appeared on my Wi-Fi network but has never been shown as being connected to it. All my physical devices are accounted for and I monitor the network using this https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html

Re: New router IP address

Gondola — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:23:47 GMT

The IP address will have been allocated by the router. So at some point there will have been a network connection. That connection may expire when the lease for that IP address expires if the device does not remain connected.

If IP addresses are allocated dynamically and not reserved for specific devices then, over time, the allocated IP addresses can change.

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:31:52 GMT

I think I understand. Thanks for explanations. 🙂

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:38:41 GMT

Gondola has replied with several explanations to my query.

Re: New router IP address

Arandora — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:41:01 GMT

Taking Gondola's explanation into account, by a process of elimination I have discovered this IP address is in fact for my Iphone, a change from the previous one.

Re: New router IP address

Gondola — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:28:23 GMT

Nice detective work. And good news that the device is one under your control.

We do appreciate your time in letting us know. Thank you.