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EricHouser

EricHouser

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‎02-16-2022
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Re: APs beaconing a "Hidden" SSID with SSID Wildcard in the capture

by EricHouser in Wireless LAN
‎02-16-2022 07:42 AM
‎02-16-2022 07:42 AM
Yep, you are correct!  Disabled that, and the odd SSIDs disappeared.  Thanks for that!! ... View more

APs beaconing a "Hidden" SSID with SSID Wildcard in the capture

by EricHouser in Wireless LAN
‎02-16-2022 07:29 AM
‎02-16-2022 07:29 AM
I am curious as to what I am seeing while monitoring my WLAN and seeing this oddity.  I have never seen this before on any other WLAN except Meraki.  This appears on my MR36 network, and a customer's MR44 network.  If we have an SSID of say, "Business" and "Guest", and looking at the various BSSIDs for both the 5 gHz and 2.4 gHz channels, they are seen fine while using a Netally Aircheck G2 device, but we also start to see a [HIDDEN] network as well using a OUI of a6:18:88 in the frames captured, and the remainder matches the APs themselves so we know it is the Meraki devices doing this.  They appear beaconing as WEP and only using 802.11b and g and while reviewing the packet capture done at the AP level, the SSID is "SSID=Wildcard".  I am looking for an explanation as to what this is being used for. ... View more
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