Ok so after a few minutes it disappears but when I click the Wireless Connection Icon the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar, it only shows the current connection (wifi) and does not list any others, but when I disconnect it then shows other possible connections in the area like it should. I then reconnect and it then shows a lot of other connections in the area and again the Linksys appears in the Network tab.
It'll disappear and then reappear when I click refresh. There is no uuid number or ip address, is this just an error in Windows?
But there is no IP address or UUID listed on the Linksys. Could it have something to do when I enabled mobile hotspot by accident?
Found this, and yes there is a new unlocked (open) wifi that someone must have recently gotten. ------------------ From TomsHardware Forums ------------------ BEST ANSWER photonboy Dec 20, 2013, 12:36 PM Essdub8 said: If you're referencing another router found during a Wifi sweep of available networks, your Wifi card will show all available networks in range, does not necessarily mean you have an unauthorized connection. Agreed. He's not connected to you. Your router just saw his device and automatically added it. I don't know if that means he's unsecured or not. You could verify that by bringing up your network map, but likely you'll just see only your OWN devices. I don't know how to get rid of it, but it should be safe to just ignore it. If you ask your neighbors you could maybe find the person then see if they have it SECURED. If not, maybe doing that will make it disappear. It's possible in the router to DISABLE SSID BROADCAST which means your router can't be auto detected. I think if HE enabled that you'd never see him again.
Someone could be tethering their phone to use their data plan for their internet on another device and it could be an open (unsecured) network. So your machine might just be picking up an open network.
Also at times when I use Windows Update Minitool it shows an update for HUAWEI System Firmware (I also don't own any HUAWEI items, that I know of lol). So it also could be something like that, but again I'm just assuming it's an open network thing.
You'll simply just 'see' all devices which are in the area of your WiFi Device! Nothing could prevent that, except to switch off the device!
It's not the available networks, these things are appearing in our network folders, but it seems to be very common when there are open wifi connections in range.