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Texas Instruments device on my network

Texas Instruments is a large American semiconductor company that, among much else, makes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips for connected devices.

AT A GLANCE
WHO
Chip maker
COUNTRY
United States
CAMERA?
SOMETIMES A CAMERA
REGISTERED PREFIXES
401 in the IEEE registry
EXAMPLES
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What Texas Instruments makes

Its SimpleLink Wi-Fi chips (such as the CC3200 and CC3235 families) and WiLink modules are used in smart-home devices, thermostats, sensors, appliances and industrial equipment. TI also makes Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee chips. TI address blocks are also common on development boards such as the BeagleBone.

What the device on your network probably is

Most likely a smart-home device such as a thermostat, sensor, hub, smart appliance or connected printer. It could also be a development board or a piece of home automation or medical equipment. It is rarely a phone or computer.

How to work out which device it is

Look through the companion apps for thermostats, hubs and appliances for a MAC address in device information. Otherwise switch suspects off one at a time. The hostname in the router list may carry the product name.

Should you be worried

Usually nothing to worry about: TI supplied the chip inside a device you or your household installed. The name identifies the chip maker, not the product.

Registry names matched for this page: Texas Instruments. Paste the full address into the MAC vendor lookup to confirm which block it falls in.
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