Unknown (Rogue?) Access Point on my home network

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I just reinstalled Windows 10 Pro because I got a new NVMe SSD and I am now seeing a PACE 4111N "Pace Access Point" access point on my network.

I have cable internet and I am connected VIA ethernet however I do have an enabled WiFi adapter but that is not connected to any network

My router is a Netgear R6300V2 with DD-WRT and my internet modem is an Arris TM1602A. I have nothing made by Pace (At least to my knowledge with the constant buyouts and mergers in the IT field:))

I looked at the router page and nothing matches any of my equipment. So I don't know what this is about?

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I looked at the router page and nothing matches any of my equipment. So I don't know what this is about?
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Do you mean your router web page GUI doesn't have any clients listed from your network... or do you mean you don't see this Pace AP as a client on your router page?
 
Looking at your screenshot, the pace device lists a Mac address. You can use a couple of thing to figure out what device that is.

  1. Download angry ip scanner from their website. I would get the legacy (non java) one and use that. You can specify a range of IP addresses to scan. Figure out what IPs you are using in your subnet (lan) and put the first and last I'm in the corresponding box. You may have 192.168.0.1 as the starting address and 192.168.0.254 is the ending one. Than have angry up scan your internal network. That's could be a column that lists Mac addresses to IP addresses. See if you see the mac address listed and the look at the ip address, then you can figure out what it is by scanning it some more with nmap or trying to log into the device with its IP.
  2. You can look at your router's DHCP lease table to see what ip address it assigned to the pace device's Mac addresse. After that try logging in or scan with nmap.
  3. You can also check your computer's ARP table to find the Mac address of the pace device. Google now to do that.
  4. You can also use nmap by itself. It's a very complex tool, but you can get a bunch of info with it.
  5. Wireshark is another program that is extremely powerful that you can use to capture packets on your network to try and figure out what is taking to the pace device and with is being said. Google now to use wireshark.
This is going to be kinda a deep dive so good luck and have fun googling.
 
I'd be willing to bet that your wifi adapter did automatically connect to someone else's AP at some point. It doesn't show that the PACE box is currently active, so that means you're not connected to it right now. If you're not using your Wifi adapter, turn it off. It's probably sitting there searching 24/7 for anything to connect to, so when someone factory reset their cable box it was unsecured and your desktop connected to it automatically. I'd just right click and delete that device if Windows lets you, because you don't need to connect to it.
 
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I just reinstalled Windows 10 Pro because I got a new NVMe SSD and I am now seeing a PACE 4111N "Pace Access Point" access point on my network.

I have cable internet and I am connected VIA ethernet however I do have an enabled WiFi adapter but that is not connected to any network

My router is a Netgear R6300V2 with DD-WRT and my internet modem is an Arris TM1602A. I have nothing made by Pace (At least to my knowledge with the constant buyouts and mergers in the IT field:))

I looked at the router page and nothing matches any of my equipment. So I don't know what this is about?

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Have any cable boxes for TV?
 
bman212121 said:
I'd be willing to bet that your wifi adapter did automatically connect to someone else's AP at some point. It doesn't show that the PACE box is currently active, so that means you're not connected to it right now. If you're not using your Wifi adapter, turn it off. It's probably sitting there searching 24/7 for anything to connect to, so when someone factory reset their cable box it was unsecured and your desktop connected to it automatically. I'd just right click and delete that device if Windows lets you, because you don't need to connect to it.
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I was thinking the same thing as I turned off the WiFi adapter and the Pace box went away.


wolfofone said:
Have any cable boxes for TV?
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I have one box for TV but I have traditional cable (Charter/Spectrum) with a box that connects directly to the cable line (With a Cablecard for conditional access)

Anyway the issue is gone
 
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