In reply to a post by Taras:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

Do you have an ONT on the wall with the eero router plugged into it? Commscope is a massive company that makes a lot of electronics. It could easily be that. They also make a lot of the antenna panels you see on mobile phone masts.

Thanks that sounds like its the likely reason -

Yes its TalkTalk this is the ONT - (not mine but the same)
https://preview.redd.it/moving-the-box-v0-4vukbxh7s6...

Ok that is the standard OR ont. when you got the new service did you change the wireless passwords to the same as your new eero device....... Am wondering if its an old device connecting !

Yes i had to change it as the original one was too short i did use the same SSID

I have never seen this device in all the years i have been with TT

Some screen shots from the app -

It says activity 0 but i am sure it had a number yesterday

https://ibb.co/6g53QWB

Edited by Jack_Hackett (Fri 06-Dec-24 19:38:31)

is there any devices in the kitchen that are wifi compatible ?

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Yep ONT is invisible.

MAC address of ONT should be visible to router though. Whom owns the OUI ??

Nope.

If I look up the details on the PPPoE client connection (live stats) on the MikroTik router here I can see the "Active AC name" and the "AC MAC address"

AC = Access Concentrator, presumably, which is the PPPoE server at the end of the connection. For my current EE Openreach-based FTTP connection it is:

Active AC Name = acc-aln15.ih
AC MAC Address = 14:7B:AC:14:40:0A

The reported OUI above, 14:7B:AC, belongs to Nokia....however not the ONT....

The MAC address of my Openreach ONT (a Nokia G-010G-T) begins with FC:B2:D6 -> which belongs to Cig Shanghai Co Ltd (according to my lookup source). So not even Nokia / Alcatel. (Side note: Nokia ONT's actual have ALCL (Alcatel) as the leading 4 digits in their serial number (visible on the barcoded labels). Similarly Adtran ONTs use "ADTN" in the leading digits. Ditto Huawei etc, etc). Anyway that MAC address is for the PON-side of matters for use between the OLT and the ONT.

So as far as my router is concerned the ONT is invisible or at least a transparent bridge.

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

Some screen shots from the app -

It says activity 0 but i am sure it had a number yesterday

https://ibb.co/6g53QWB

OK so it's sitting inside your own network. hanging off the WiFi...does it have/get an IP address? - the bottom half of your screenshot cut that off.

In reply to a post by Taras:

is there any devices in the kitchen that are wifi compatible ?

No.

Whats's the IP address and MAC address of the mystery Commscope device?

I may have found the answer this article mentions Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems does this mean Commscope make them and is this why i see Commscope in the eero app?

Sorry for the dumb questions and thanks for all your help.


CommScope’s new DOCSIS 3.1 & Wi-Fi 6 gateways, Amazon’s Eero goes Wi-Fi 6

https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/roundup-comm...

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I may have found the answer this article mentions Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems does this mean Commscope make them and is this why i see Commscope in the eero app?

Sorry for the dumb questions and thanks for all your help.


CommScope’s new DOCSIS 3.1 & Wi-Fi 6 gateways, Amazon’s Eero goes Wi-Fi 6

https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/roundup-comm...

Yeah that article just mentions two completely independent products, the Commscope (Touchstone) TG9452 and DG9450 WiFi gateway device (basically WiFi capable routers to British readers) and the Amazon Eero products in the same page.

They are otherwise not related, in the slightest.

Commscope (actually under the Arris brand) do provide WiFi routers (Arris NVG578LX) to UK broadband users - YouFibre is one such provider. They've been discussed variously on TBB forums before.

Not TalkTalk over Opnreach FTTP however that I'm aware of.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I may have found the answer this article mentions Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems does this mean Commscope make them and is this why i see Commscope in the eero app?

Sorry for the dumb questions and thanks for all your help.


CommScope’s new DOCSIS 3.1 & Wi-Fi 6 gateways, Amazon’s Eero goes Wi-Fi 6

https://wifinowglobal.com/news-and-blog/roundup-comm...

Yeah that article just mentions two completely independent products, the Commscope (Touchstone) TG9452 and DG9450 WiFi gateway device (basically WiFi capable routers to British readers) and the Amazon Eero products in the same page.

They are otherwise not related, in the slightest.

Commscope (actually under the Arris brand) do provide WiFi routers (Arris NVG578LX) to UK broadband users - YouFibre is one such provider. They've been discussed variously on TBB forums before.

Not TalkTalk over Opnreach FTTP however that I'm aware of.

Dam i was hoping i had found the answer.

I tried TT online chat earlier the operator didn't know what Commscope was (no surprise there) but they did explain how to block or pause it in the app, i have now paused it and everything seems to be working fine, i will keep an eye on the software update version numbers just in case it stops them for some reason, fingers crossed it'll be fine.