How can next door be connected?

[Gavin78]

I have my own router and I recently setup an older router in AP mode so that I could have it upstairs to help boost the signal with my wifi cameras.

I noticed when looking at connected devices which should have just been the cameras.

Those that live next door to me recently had sky installed and on the network band 2.4ghz it said this (sky light digital limited) was connected to my AP router. I could see it on the network but no option to kick them off. I then tried to put it on the band list and it was still connected.

It's password protected I looked into the router options to see if there was something setup during the AP process allowing other networks to join but I couldn't see anything.

In the end I changed the password on the router and noticed it had gone although I didn't leave it on long enough to find out if it would rejoin the network and unplugged the router for now.

The thing is the wifi password is same as the one I have setup downstairs so I figured if they had cracked the AP router they would have been connected to the one downstairs a long time ago.

I posted online and someone said (ski digital) is a photo frame or something like that but I'm not sure. Hoping someone on here might have an answer?

[SnoopZ]

What did your neighbours say when you asked them about it?

[thenry]

My Belkin ethernet adapter shows as CE LINK LIMITED. I'm just noting a device may not seem as you think it is.

[nomadking]

Is it a list of connected devices or of available devices? When have to set up a connection, I see several other available networks. Unless a network is open, I wouldn't be able to actually connect to it.

[Gavin78]

Originally Posted by nomadking

Is it a list of connected devices or of available devices? When have to set up a connection, I see several other available networks. Unless a network is open, I wouldn't be able to actually connect to it.

It was actually listed under devices connected to the router as I could see it was using bandwidth showing connection time as well.

[nomadking]

Is their camera actually working or is it trying to connect to you in error, and can't because of the wrong password? 5 minutes of access time isn't that much.
If you're worried about somebody else connecting to you, hide your SSID.
You could disable access to that specific MAC address if you wanted to.
Advanced settings -> Wireless->Wireless MAC filter(tab) -> Enable MAC filter to Yes - > MAC filter mode to Reject. Select the MAC address and add it to the Reject list.

[Gavin78]

It's my camera's I have 3 of them all WiFi 4k but the signal isn't always that great the furthest one at 40% the other 2 50 - 80% which is why I set up an AP router upstairs as they are located bedroom height.

I'm going to plug it back in later and see how it goes now the password has been changed

[jem]

Originally Posted by Gavin78

It's my camera's I have 3 of them all WiFi 4k but the signal isn't always that great the furthest one at 40% the other 2 50 - 80% which is why I set up an AP router upstairs as they are located bedroom height.

I'm going to plug it back in later and see how it goes now the password has been changed

I do appreciate that this thread is almost two months old, and it’s likely that you have long since solved the issue or worked around it, but I’ve only just noticed it.

Do you, by any chance have any ‘Powerline’ devices in use?

[homesecurity]

I can solve the mystery of "Sky Light Digital Limited" for you straight away—you don't need to worry about your neighbours hacking into your upstairs network, because that device is actually one of your own 4K Wi-Fi cameras!

Here is the exact technical reality of what is happening:

1. The MAC Address OUI Trap ("Sky Light Digital"):
In networking, the first 6 hexadecimal digits of any device's MAC address represent the OUI (Organisationally Unique Identifier), which identifies the physical manufacturer of the network interface chip.
"Sky Light Digital Limited" (Sky Light Imaging) is one of the world's largest OEM / ODM hardware manufacturers based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. They produce the internal boards and Wi-Fi modules for dozens of popular consumer wireless security cameras sold under various retail brand names across the UK (including white-label units sold on Amazon, Argos, and eBay).
Because you saw the word "Sky" in the device name right around the time next door had a TV/broadband install, it is easy to assume it was a Sky Q box or Sky hub. In reality, your router simply looked up the MAC vendor database and displayed the factory name of your camera's internal Wi-Fi NIC.

2. How to Verify This 100%:
- Open the mobile app for your 3 cameras, go into Device Settings -> Device Information / Network Info, and check the MAC address and assigned IP. You will find that one of your three cameras matches the exact MAC address and IP shown under "Sky Light Digital Limited" in your router table.
- Alternatively, temporarily pull the power plug on your 3 cameras at the wall. You will see "Sky Light Digital" immediately drop off your router's active connected client list.

3. Why Your 4K Wi-Fi Cameras are Struggling at 40%–50% Signal:
Having installed hundreds of IP camera setups, running three separate 4K Wi-Fi cameras through an older repurposed domestic router on the 2.4GHz band is almost guaranteed to cause severe buffering:
- Each 4K camera continuously transmits between 8Mbps and 15Mbps of video data upwards to your phone or cloud storage.
- Three cameras streaming simultaneously demand 25Mbps–45Mbps of continuous, uninterrupted upstream throughput.
- The 2.4GHz band (especially using standard 20MHz channel width) has a practical real-world throughput limit of roughly 40Mbps–50Mbps once you factor in packet overhead and co-channel interference from neighbouring properties.
The cameras are essentially competing with each other for wireless airtime on a single radio channel, resulting in packet collisions, high latency, and dropped frames.

4. Practical Trade Recommendations:
- If the cameras and your upstairs AP support 5GHz, move them across to a dedicated 5GHz SSID (80MHz channel width), which has far higher throughput and virtually zero local interference.
- If they are 2.4GHz only, ensure your AP is manually locked to a clean 20MHz channel (either Channel 1, 6, or 11—never use 40MHz on 2.4GHz as it causes massive overlap with neighbours).
- If your upstairs AP is currently repeating wireless signal or using Powerline adapters, consider running a single external UV-grade Cat6 cable from your main downstairs router up to the AP. A hardwired Gigabit backhaul gives your cameras a dedicated data pipe without saturating your domestic Wi-Fi.

[Jaymoss]

Interesting information Gary but this post is 10 months old and some of your other replies even older. I am sure if you have not joined with the intent of looking real then spamming and actually are genuine I can see you being an asset :-) time will tell :-)