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Why PC cvt_mt5886_eu_1g appears on private network

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YAM_WR_450_F Posted messages 187 Status Membre -  
brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -

Hello,

On my private network at home in a small village, my 5 private PCs appear, each with a name ending with the model, which makes it easy for me to see which private PC is turned on.

However, my concern is that from time to time I see the same PC with a name that I do not recognize at all, bearing the name below:

cvt_mt5886_eu_1g

Note 1 : If I log into my myswsisscom account and view the network topology, I see the router + a repeater + the 5 PCs, but not at all the PC cvt_mt5886_eu_1g

I then typed the name of this PC in IE, but here’s what I found and I don’t understand this internet info at all!

https://www.google.com/search?q=cvt_mt5886_eu_1g&rlz=1C1CHBD_frCH1121CH1121&oq=cvt_mt5886_eu_1g&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiABBiiBDIKCAMQABiABBiiBDIKCAQQABiABBiiBNIBCTIxNDU4ajBqN6gCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Do you have any ideas about what this PC cvt_mt5886_eu_1g is?

Is it an intruder? Or am I hoping that it’s nothing . . .

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HelpiOS Posted messages 15556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   11 939
 

Hello,

If you have a Smart TV or an Android TV box, it could be that device.
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yg_be Posted messages 23437 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   Ambassadeur 1 587
 

Hello,

You mentioned that it wasn't Swisscom showing you this name, and you didn't say the most important part:

  • Where do you occasionally see this name (cvt_mt5886_eu_1g)?
  • What software is showing you this?
  • Why do you think it's the name of a PC?
  • What other information is shown, besides the name?
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YAM_WR_450_F Posted messages 187 Status Membre
 

Hello HelpIOS,

First of all, thank you for your responses, and for your information, we do not have a Smart TV or Android TV box, as the family choice is no TV since 2013.

- Our subscription with Swisscom is only for internet access + email addresses + our home private phone number.

- From time to time, I can see the family mobile phones named Nokia + the first 2 letters of the first name and last name.

All the names of the PCs and mobile phones are written in their configurations and in the Swisscom router, meaning they are the same everywhere . . .

. . . there is no PC or mobile phone with the name: cvt_mt5886_eu_1g
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brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421
 

Hello,

and yet this hardware name seems familiar as an Android TV motherboard:

screenshot github © brupala

source here (search duck duck go if google doesn't find anything for you)

Also (link at the bottom of the previous page).

Edit, actually yes, those pages were indeed found on the Google search link you provided, so you already had the answer.

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flo88 Posted messages 28658 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   Ambassadeur 5 158
 

It's still an encoding corresponding to an Android device, whatever it may be (smartphone, tablet, TV, and even a fridge...yes, really).

It's up to you to investigate, especially among visitors, who might have had access to your connection.

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