new device connected to home network

for some reason the last few weeks, every time I leave my home and come back, xfinity treats my phone like a new device and I get a notification that a new device has connected to my network. it's the same device with no setting changes. when I go to my account and look up devices connected to my network, my phone will be listed multiple times.

how to I stop this?

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EG

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10 hours ago

Not certain that this is the cause (YMMV). Phones have a random a MAC addressing feature. Yours may be enabled. The router may think that a new device is being presented each time. Google for specific info (Android, iPhone) on how to check and disable it. Good luck !

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but wouldn't that have always been a problem? neither router nor phone is new and the timing doesn't coincide with any phone updates.

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I hear you. Who knows ? I did say that I'm "not certain".... Just throwing it out there. Did you check just for the halibut ?

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