XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: singularity@blackhole.org   
      
   On 2024-05-30 17:12, Oscar Mayer wrote:   
   > On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:39:18 -0400, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >   
   >>> You don't know the difference between a unique BSSID & an SSID, do you?   
   >>   
   >> The fact that he pointed it out as SSID rather than BSSID shows JR   
   >> knows precisely what the difference is.   
   >   
   > It's obvious that Jolly Roger doesn't know the difference between an SSID   
   > and a BSSID because it was clear that the problem isn't in the SSID at all.   
      
   It's actually the root of it which you would know if you knew at all   
   what it going on.  I'll explain this as to a child to give you a   
   fighting chance.   
      
   When an a device such as a phone detects a WiFi access point it gets all   
   sorts of interesting information.   
      
   1. The BSSID which is a binary code (usually expressed in hexadecimal).   
   2. The SSID which is a label assigned to it by whoever administers the   
   access point. "AirPortFreeWiFi" for example.   
      
   The device (phone) user usually is only interested in the latter - he   
   picks from whatever is available to access the WiFi - if it is password   
   access, then of course he'll need that too.   
      
   The actual working connection does not use the SSID - it uses the BSSID.   
     (You can refer to it is as the MAC or Wi-Fi address if that helps you   
   connect all these big people ideas - although they often/usually the   
   same they don't have to be the same...).   
      
   Most devices will display the BSSID if the user wants to delve into it.   
   On most phones this would be shown as the MAC or Wi-Fi address.  Or of   
   course, once can use one of many tools to display same.   
      
   Thus - in JR's earlier reply - he was being quite clear about what he   
   was replying to and did so correctly.   
      
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