As reported in another post my router (Asus RT-AC87u) was reporting my wife 's Nexus6P as an App...

[G+_Rud Dog]

As reported in another post my router (Asus RT-AC87u) was reporting my wife's Nexus6P as an Apple device. After blocking the reported device thinking it was an invader to my network and later finding it was not I could not connect the phone to the WLAN

The fix, in the end, was a hardware reset(pressing the reset button on the back of the router for 5 seconds). The phone now reports as HUAWEI which is the manufacturer and all is well. Will conintue to keep an eye on the connection and report back if any problems arise.

[G+_Todd Barnard]

My Asus RT3200 was reporting 2 iPhones as well, and after looking up the MACs for them, I think it turned out to be our Chromebooks.

 

I too reset my router last night to see if it would fix a dying 2.4 wifi network (it did not) and now I don't see any iPhones reported.

 

Ordered a new router this morning.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Todd Barnard Not sure what is up with Asus but during the reset mode I failed to mention one of the antennas fell off. Not sure why the unit has been sitting on the shelf since it was purchased. Thinking I am due to purchase a new router only because just minutes ago my wife reported her Apple laptop was stating "lost connection". I had her on the 5G WLAN. Oh, and whats funning most all other devices are fine. One exception is some IoT devices(NodeMCU) are failing to stay connected.

The real rub is this was touted as the best router money could buy when it came out and was not cheap. Guess sometimes you have to realize what you read is someone's opinion.

Good luck with your replacement router let us know what you end up buying.

[G+_Travis Hershberger]

Trusting device identification is like trusting geolocation by IP. Things can change, and often do. Device identification is normally done by looking up the manufacturer portion of a MAC address. So anything changing with a MAC address can cause a misidentification. I know that iOS devices randomize their MAC address now, so it actually makes sense that they'd show up as something else.

[G+_Todd Barnard]

Rud Dog I paid $300 for my Asus 2.5 years ago, also bought a 3yr extended warranty...so I'll get a chance to see if its worth anything.

 

I just ordered a TP Link Archer 3200 for $155 and got a 4 year warranty on it.

 

My thermostat and some older kindles will only use 2.4 and over the past month I'd see my thermostat complaining about a lack of internet connectivity. Reboot the router and all would come back.

 

48 hours later it would drop again. Last week, 2 Echo Dots had read rings, I connected them to 5g and all was good.

 

No tweaking or the factory reset would keep the 2.4 side alive and now its dropping in a few hours.

 

Time to move on.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Todd Barnard Agreed there is something odd about the Wireless signal on these routers. Think you nailed it, time to move on.