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   Marian to Andy Burns   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   08 Dec 25 06:46:53   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Andy Burns wrote:   
   >> If you HIDE the SSID, the goal is for passive scanners to get the hint.   
   >   
   > What if you have multiple SSIDs on your access point, but one hasn't got   
   > _nomap suffix?  e.g. some providers here "piggyback" their own wifi onto   
   > customers devices for their other customers to use ...   
      
   Hi Andy,   
      
   You're smart and imaginative, where I agree with you and I've been   
   wondering how this could have happened, since it did happen.   
      
   There must be an explanation.   
      
   I'm wondering if repeaters and/or bridges can cause this to happen?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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