Posted on 04/07/2019 3:27:25 PM PDT by Chickensoup
OK I brought the new computer home today and was finishing the set up and when I went to connect it to the wifi I note that there is a wifi connection called "Hidden connection" and it is password protected. I am on lots of acreage in the woods, and the nearest house is probably 3-500 yards away.
I checked with everyone in our house, no one knows about hidden network. Any ideas? I have a fair-sized linksys wifi with four or six of those aerials sticking up in back.
What does this mean? is there someone on my wifi? If so how?
I would appreciate some information here. Never saw this before.
funny....i think!!
No when I open my wifi there on the list is an option called hidden network. and it is secured. And it needs a password. And my password doesn’t work on it.
now its gone. It seems to come and go.
You know, someone in the building wears a cpap. Cpaps now communicate with their doctors to count the hours in use each night. I wonder if that it what I am seeing. I will check in the AM with the cpap wearer.
LOL!
So, what is your routers password ?
I named one Deep State.
+1
I saw a router named FBI_VAN in my list once.
My home SSID is "DEA Surveillance Van".
I am going to steal that.
Everybody here are lying. They don’t want you to know the truth about that ‘hidden network’.
That’s the ‘hidden network’ set up by the CIA and NSA to spy on all Americans. Why do you think it’s called “hidden”. They don’t want you to know the real identity of the network they use.
(That’s the factually honest truthfulness; no lie). ;)
Many modern routers support two frequency bands, a 2.4 band and a 5 GHz band. It is like having two routers in one. It is easy to set one of those up as a hidden connection, while the other has an SSID that shows up in your list of possible network connections. If you unplug the router, both signals will go down.
Make sure your own system is password protected and you will be ok.
“a 2.4 band” > “a 2.4 GHz band”
I run some old routers just to screw with neighbors. ShowerCam amongst others. I run them open. When you connect to any url it plays the Rick Roll video. They are not connected to my network or the internet. 5 routers and a spare pi. One of them is fitted with an old Yagi I have and points at the high school. It is called TestCheatSheets. That one sees a lot of connects when school starts. Kind of disappointed no one has hacked the pi yet because it has no net connection and so no security updates. It is easily hackable.
If you have one broadcasting an SSID of MAGA then the other one probably was an FBI van.
You are picking up a neighbor’s signal.
I have one called Hilliary4prison
New routers from Verizon and Xfinity have a “Hidden Network” as part of a new initiative to boost speeds without installing actual infrastructure. It’s a new way to extend signal to hard to reach places like the rural midwest where 1 tower is enough to supply a whole zip code by bouncing signal off routers in the neighborhood. To get rid of this “HIdden Network” you have to log into your Verizon, or Comcast account and Opt Out. You can do so in your account or call customer service. Someone from technical support will access your router, stop the Hidden Network, and you should see a small boost of 30mb in performance from your router.
Here are some additional information about what’s happening.
http://uproxx.com/technology/comcast-makes-customer-routers-public-wifi-points/
http://www.cnet.com/news/comcast-expands-wi-fi-network-with-new-neighborhood-initiative/
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