In our homes and businesses, we have multiple devices that need to stay connected to the internet to perform their function properly. Although these devices make life very convenient for us, having too many devices on the network opens up the possibility of unknown devices using the internet through the network. Most times these devices are harmless but there could be a security risk associated with them.
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This usually happens when we share the password of our WiFi network with someone and he shares it with someone else and the cycle goes on. The reason why it is important to detect and remove unknown devices from your WiFi network is because not only do these devices consume your bandwidth and slow your internet connection but these devices could be of malicious actors who may be trying to steal your private data. By detecting and removing these devices, you can protect your network from potential security threats.
If you are wondering how you can detect and remove unknown devices on the network, then here is how you do it.
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How to Detect Unknown Devices on Your WiFi Network
The first thing to do is to scan all the connected devices on the network. The first way by which you can detect unknown devices on your network is by using a scanning tool. A scanning tool will scan your entire wireless network for connected devices and provide you with a list of all the connected devices along with their IP addresses.
Alternatively, you can also head over to the 192.168.0.1 admin interface and log into the admin panel of your router. Here you can see all the connected devices along with their name and IP addresses. If that is not possible, you can download and use your router’s official application to get a list of connected devices to your network.
Once you have a list of all the connected devices to the network along with their IP addresses or MAC addresses, it becomes quite easy for you to remove those devices from the network.
How to Remove Unknown Devices on Your WiFi Network
After you have scanned your network for connected devices, it is time to identify the devices on the network. Most manufacturers have labels for their devices when they are connected to a WiFi network, which makes it easier for users to identify a device. If you see a device on the network that you don’t recognize, you can use the MAC address of the device for identification.
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MAC (Media Access Control) address or physical address is a unique 12-character code that is used to identify a device on a network. It is unique for each device and you can find the MAC addresses of all your devices from the network settings and compare them to connected devices on the network. If there is an unknown device with a MAC address that you don’t recognize, it means that the device belongs to someone else and you should remove that device from the network.
There are various ways by which you can remove a device from the network. You can visit 192.168.1.1 and change the WiFi password so that unauthorized and unknown devices cannot access your network or you can simply enable MAC address filtering and allow only MAC addresses from your home devices so that even if someone has access to your WiFi password, they still cannot access the network.
