I just started a trial of NIS2010/11 and am seeing something strange in the NSM. I've done a search on this forum and can't come up with anything quite like what I'm seeing. Basically, there's an offline unknown device that Norton is seeing as a Cisco-Linksys Router/Switch. I only have one Linksys device in my network, a PAP2T, and it's accounted for already. All other devices are accounted for as well. In additon, nothing I have matches the mystery device's mac addy and it hasn't pulled an ip since it's listed as "offline". FWIW, the main wireless router in my network is not shown in the map. I initially thought that this is what I was seeing, but the mac address is incorrect and the router is made by ASUS. Additionally, this mystery device is not showing up in my main router's device list. Any thoughts?
There is one other possibly related anomaly. Part of my network consists of another ASUS router (this unit's mac is correct and it's listed as an ASUS) that I've configured as a wireless bridge for my home entertainment center. It has 2 devices (a PS3 and a HD-DVD player) connected via ethernet to it. Whenever one of those devices is powered up, the ip displayed by what was the wireless bridge (normally 192.xxx.x.2) changes to reflect the ip that's been assigned by my main router to the newly powered on device. I would think that in this instance, a new device would appear in the network map instead. Thanks for any help on the above.
I did all of that, plus I have a record of all the mac addresses in my network. I haven't ever seen the mac of the device in question before. Wait a minute.... I just went into my Network control panel and sure enough there's a linksys WRT160Nv2 router listed there. It must be the wireless router at my business. NIS must have picked it up from the control panel listing. I don't take my laptop in very often, but I have had it there previously. Oh well, sorry to have wasted yours and anyone else's time on this. The mods can mark this as solved. Thanks and BTW, great product! I will be licensing once my trial runs out.
May I please suggest if you are going to get a license for the Norton product, that you do it before the trial runs out, so that you won't be without protection. Once the trial period is up, the product will stop working unless you put in a license key for it. Thanks.
I just started a trial of NIS2010/11 and am seeing something strange in the NSM. I've done a search on this forum and can't come up with anything quite like what I'm seeing. Basically, there's an offline unknown device that Norton is seeing as a Cisco-Linksys Router/Switch. I only have one Linksys device in my network, a PAP2T, and it's accounted for already. All other devices are accounted for as well. In additon, nothing I have matches the mystery device's mac addy and it hasn't pulled an ip since it's listed as "offline". FWIW, the main wireless router in my network is not shown in the map. I initially thought that this is what I was seeing, but the mac address is incorrect and the router is made by ASUS. Additionally, this mystery device is not showing up in my main router's device list. Any thoughts?
There is one other possibly related anomaly. Part of my network consists of another ASUS router (this unit's mac is correct and it's listed as an ASUS) that I've configured as a wireless bridge for my home entertainment center. It has 2 devices (a PS3 and a HD-DVD player) connected via ethernet to it. Whenever one of those devices is powered up, the ip displayed by what was the wireless bridge (normally 192.xxx.x.2) changes to reflect the ip that's been assigned by my main router to the newly powered on device. I would think that in this instance, a new device would appear in the network map instead. Thanks for any help on the above.
Just waiting a few more weeks until I plug in the key.