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Looking at the wireless statistics on a TL-WR740N wireless router, I sometimes see the MAC address "00-20-00-A5-22-1A" connecting, with the current status being "STA-ASSOC".

The manual actually shows exactly this current status as example on page 52. I don't know this MAC address, and it has sent packets to the router, but I haven't seen received packets yet.

The router uses WPA/WPA2 with AES as encryption, which is what it shows when my workstation connects to the router.

Does anyone know what STA-ASSOC is, and if someone have access to the router?

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I would think it's "Status: Associated" – l0c0b0x Sep 9 '11 at 20:39
@l0c0b0x : The manual also lists something called STA-JOINED. Does that make sense in this conjunction? – Sandra Sep 9 '11 at 21:57
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Station associated. Not sure what device it is though.

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What could that mean? Perhaps another wireless nearby? – Sandra Sep 9 '11 at 21:55
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00-20-00-A5-22-1A is a Lexmark print server.

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