// REFERENCE · MANUFACTURER NAMES
Unknown device on my Wi-Fi
The name in your router's device list is whoever registered the hardware address, which is usually the company that built the Wi-Fi chip or the board, not the brand on the box. These pages say who each of them is, what the gadget most likely is, and whether it could be a camera.
AMPAK
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · TAIWAN
AMPAK Technology is a Taiwanese maker of compact Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules.
AzureWave
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · TAIWAN
AzureWave is a Taiwanese maker of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules built around chips from companies such as Realtek, MediaTek and Broadcom.
Espressif
CHIP MAKER · CHINA
Espressif is a Shanghai-based chip company that makes low-cost Wi-Fi and Bluetooth microcontrollers.
Hon Hai (Foxconn)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Hon Hai Precision Industry, trading as Foxconn, is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer.
Intel
CHIP MAKER · UNITED STATES
Intel is the American chip company; its registry entry Intel Corporate covers the Wi-Fi and Ethernet chips in a very large number of PCs.
Lite-On
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · TAIWAN
Lite-On Technology is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that makes, among other things, Wi-Fi cards for laptops.
Murata
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · JAPAN
Murata Manufacturing is a large Japanese electronic components company that makes compact Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules.
Realtek
CHIP MAKER · TAIWAN
Realtek is a Taiwanese chip company whose Wi-Fi, Ethernet and audio chips are among the most widely used in consumer electronics.
Redpine Signals
CHIP MAKER · UNITED STATES
Redpine Signals was a wireless chip company, with engineering in Hyderabad, India, whose Wi-Fi and Bluetooth business was bought by Silicon Labs in 2020.
Sercomm
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Sercomm is a Taiwanese contract manufacturer of networking and connected-home equipment.
Shenzhen Bilian (LB-Link)
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · CHINA
Shenzhen Bilian Electronic is a Chinese maker of Wi-Fi modules and adapters, sold under its own brand as LB-Link.
Texas Instruments
CHIP MAKER · UNITED STATES
Texas Instruments is a large American semiconductor company that, among much else, makes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips for connected devices.
Tuya
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · CHINA
Tuya is a Hangzhou-based smart-home platform company that supplies Wi-Fi modules, firmware and a cloud service to other brands.
Wistron NeWeb (WNC)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Wistron NeWeb, now known as WNC, is a Taiwanese maker of wireless communication products and modules.
Amazon
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Amazon registers these addresses for its own-brand hardware.
Arcadyan
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Arcadyan Technology is a Taiwanese maker of broadband routers and gateways for internet providers.
ARRIS (CommScope)
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
ARRIS is an American maker of cable modems, gateways and TV set-top boxes that was bought by CommScope in 2019; most of its registry entries now read Commscope.
Askey
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Askey Computer is a Taiwanese manufacturer of broadband and networking equipment, part of the ASUS group.
Cambridge Industries Group (CIG)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · CHINA
Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) is a Shanghai-based manufacturer of broadband and networking equipment.
Chongqing Fugui
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · CHINA
Chongqing Fugui Electronics is a contract electronics manufacturer in Chongqing, China.
Compal
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Compal Electronics is a large Taiwanese contract manufacturer of laptops and other electronics.
Dahua
CONSUMER BRAND · CHINA
Zhejiang Dahua Technology is a large Chinese maker of video surveillance equipment.
Ezviz
CONSUMER BRAND · CHINA
Ezviz is the consumer smart-home brand spun out of Hikvision.
Google
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Google registers these addresses for its own hardware, including the Nest, Chromecast and Pixel lines.
Guangzhou Shiyuan (CVTE)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · CHINA
Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology, known as CVTE, is a Chinese maker of TV mainboards and interactive displays.
Hikvision
CONSUMER BRAND · CHINA
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology is one of the world's largest makers of video surveillance equipment.
Hui Zhou Gaoshengda (GSD)
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · CHINA
Hui Zhou Gaoshengda Technology is a Chinese maker of Wi-Fi modules and networking equipment for other brands.
MediaTek
CHIP MAKER · TAIWAN
MediaTek is a Taiwanese chip company that makes processors and wireless chips for phones, TVs, routers and connected devices.
Nest Labs
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Nest Labs was the smart-home company behind the Nest thermostat, bought by Google in 2014.
Nordic Semiconductor
CHIP MAKER · NORWAY
Nordic Semiconductor is a Norwegian chip company best known for Bluetooth Low Energy chips.
Pegatron
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Pegatron is a Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer spun off from ASUS.
Private / randomised address
NOT A MANUFACTURER
This is not a manufacturer: it is a private, randomly generated Wi-Fi address that phones, tablets and computers create for each network to protect your privacy.
Quanta
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Quanta Computer is one of the largest Taiwanese contract manufacturers of laptops and servers.
Raspberry Pi
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED KINGDOM
Raspberry Pi makes small, low-cost single-board computers.
Reolink
CONSUMER BRAND · HONG KONG
Reolink is a security camera brand.
Ring
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Ring is the Amazon-owned home security brand known for video doorbells.
Roku
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Roku is an American streaming TV company that makes streaming players and the software used in many smart TVs.
Sagemcom
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · FRANCE
Sagemcom is a French manufacturer of broadband routers, set-top boxes and smart meters for service providers.
Samsung
CONSUMER BRAND · SOUTH KOREA
Samsung Electronics is the South Korean electronics company behind Galaxy phones, Samsung TVs and home appliances.
Shelly (Allterco)
CONSUMER BRAND · BULGARIA
Shelly is a Bulgarian smart-home brand, originally from Allterco Robotics and now Shelly Group, known for in-wall Wi-Fi relays.
Shenzhen Ogemray
WI-FI / BLUETOOTH MODULE MAKER · CHINA
Shenzhen Ogemray Technology is a Chinese maker of Wi-Fi modules for smart appliances and smart-home devices.
Silicon Labs
CHIP MAKER · UNITED STATES
Silicon Labs is an American chip company specialising in low-power wireless chips for smart-home and IoT devices.
Sonos
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Sonos is an American maker of networked speakers and home audio systems.
Technicolor (Vantiva)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · FRANCE
Technicolor's connected-home business, formerly part of Thomson and renamed Vantiva in 2022, makes broadband gateways and TV set-top boxes for providers.
TP-Link
CONSUMER BRAND · CHINA AND UNITED STATES
TP-Link is a large networking brand whose Chinese and US businesses are now separate companies.
Ubiquiti
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Ubiquiti is an American networking company known for its UniFi range.
USI (Universal Global Scientific Industrial)
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER · TAIWAN
Universal Global Scientific Industrial (USI) is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, part of the ASE group, that makes wireless modules and circuit boards for other brands.
Wyze
CONSUMER BRAND · UNITED STATES
Wyze is an American smart-home brand known for low-cost cameras.
Xiaomi
CONSUMER BRAND · CHINA
Xiaomi is a Chinese electronics company selling phones and a wide range of smart-home products.
ON YOUR PHONE · LAN SCAN
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