Archer C7 v5 is emitting a hidden network
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Hello,
my Archer C7 v5 is emitting a hidden wifi network that I can't explain.
According to a wifi network analyzer, it's MAC address is identical to the MAC addresses of the 2.4 and 5 GHz network, except that the first 6 entries are AA:DA:C4 instead of the TP-link associated 98:DA:C4. The hidden network has same maxium speed of 216.7 Mbps as the 2.4 Ghz network and allows authentication via WPA2 PSK-CCMP.
The hidden network exists independent of the operation mode (Acess Point or Router) and also if both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks are disabled.
Any ideas what that is?
Best,
Frederik
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Hmm, perhaps I never noticed, but I suspect it may have been an issue before the firmware. I wiped the logs when I noticed the exessive DHCP requests when I was troubleshooting. So I don't have proof it was an issue before :(
I can let you know when the official firmware lands. I assume your team can confirm this too in your test environment.
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Hello, as far as I understand, this seems not an issue with the beta firmware, this is normal when the smart DHCP is on the A6 when it is working as an access point. When we enable the Smart DHCP on it, it will continuously check if the DHCP server on the network is correctly on, it will turn itself on if it finds there is no DHCP server in the network.
Back to your concern, you can disable the DHCP server on the A6, and choose static IP for the LAN, there won't be an issue then:
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perhaps this can help you understand it better https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/why-does-new-router-always-broadcast-hidden-networks.2565203/
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I'm not an expert in Mac addresses. Can one physical wifi-card (of the router) have multiple Mac addresses simultaneously or does this point to a second WiFi card?
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@yadav2brand There is a MAC for 2'4 ghz and another for 5GHz (one for each band the router may have), although the router has a single chip for wifi or a single card.
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Hello, I have this problem with my Archer MR200 v4. FW 1.19.0.0.9.1 210201. Is there any beta FW version for my device?
Thx
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Nope, we don't have the beta firmware for the MR200 to disable the Onemesh now, while this request had been forwarded to the product team, they will evaluate if this can be added in the future firmware update, you may keep an eye on the official website.
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Bought an ax50 last week,same problem. It follows you around whatever you do. Wifianalyser shows high interference rates when hidden ssid is on. There should be an option to disable mesh.
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