Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at?

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks. It is neither the Ethernet nor the Wi-Fi on my windows laptop.,

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t just turn your devices off when testing - - unplug them. An off computer can still respond to network requests.

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    • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I did not think of this. I will have to go into the bios to turn off the battery of my work laptop.

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      • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There’s Power Over Ethernet too.

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