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Flybye
07-24-2008, 09:33 AM
While looking through my host names on my router, I came across this:
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I got really scared at first thinking it was a hacker, but then I remembered I have these things also hooked up to the network:

Wii
Xbox 360
Samsung TV

Is that something that could belong to one of these devices?

Synthohol
07-24-2008, 09:35 AM
ping them, then unplug one at a time and see which one does not respond anymore.

Flybye
07-24-2008, 10:01 AM
Nothing. The IP stays on the list, but I can never ping it.

Farabomb
07-24-2008, 03:08 PM
Ghost in the machine?

Synthohol
07-24-2008, 03:48 PM
looks like a font substitution really for likely some kenji japanese name for one of your devices.
/.02

clear the routing table and plug one device in at a time and see what DHCP assigns per name.