Gateway Icon not Mine

I had problems accessing the internet through laptop last evening. I noted that another network was active. When I went to Network and Sharing Center and clicked on network icon our home computers were shown but the other active network's gateway showed up. I was able to click on its properties and see its mac address etc. I called my provider and their tech section is looking into it. I have an admin password and running encryptation with a password key on my 2 wrie gateway. Does anyone have an idea as to what could be the cause of the other home network gateway showing up in our home network?

Is any of this network wireless?

Any chance you could attach a snipping tool picture of the Network and sharing center page and use Paint if necessary to clean up any personal data?

Did you try to get a full map on the top right of the Network and Sharing Center dialog window?

Saltgrass, I received a message from IP tech stating that sometimes a router with a strong signal can show up in another network screen. However, he stated since I am using a strong encryptation key and and have mac filtering applied to only allow our two laptops and the Wii acccess to the wireless portion of our network we should not have a problem.


I hope he is not trying to snow me as i have no expertise in this field.

Well, if it is a WiFi situation, you can try changing the channel to see if the other network drops out. But I do not have the experience to be able to judge what you were told.