What are these hidden networks and how to get rid of them
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Installed my 3 Deco 9 Plus, configured them as AP mode, and connected back to my Cisco switch for the ethernet backhaul. I have a tool call WIFI Explorer to check my signal strengths of the WIF in the house. I noticed these hidden networks which is using the same configuration as my Deco. How do I get rid of them? The error I 
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Hi, the hidden Wi-Fi could not be disabled currently;
For more details about the hidden SSID, please refer to this link: Found Archer C7 v5 or Archer A7 v5 is emitting hidden network
Wireless backhaul would not be active once the wired backhaul has been built up even though it still broadcasted the hidden wireless signal;
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@MR_GQ it's how the decos connect to each other to create the mesh network, you need them so can't switch them off as far as I am aware.
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@timp78 Are the hidden networks needed also when using Ethernet - wired backhaul for nodes communication. If hidden are not required in such a case then how to disable them ?
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Hi, the hidden Wi-Fi could not be disabled currently;
For more details about the hidden SSID, please refer to this link: Found Archer C7 v5 or Archer A7 v5 is emitting hidden network
Wireless backhaul would not be active once the wired backhaul has been built up even though it still broadcasted the hidden wireless signal;
Thank you very much.
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I am experiencing the same issues. My Deco system is broadcasting hidden SSID signals that are interfereing with each other and the connection is totally unstable.
Tyied everything.
Losing hope.
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Hi, the hidden SSID would not interfere with the main network and no devices would be able to connect this network.
So I am afraid your current unstable connection is caused by something else.
If you do not mind, please try to start a new thread with more details about your unstable issue, like
1. Would any of your Deco turn red when the internet dropped?
2. if the Deco stays white, would the clients still be able to hold the IP address, but no internet service, or do they even fail to get an IP address from Deco?
3. How did you restore the connection if the internet dropped out?
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This article is listed as having a recommended solution, but it only directs us to a further article which does not provide an eventual answer.
Please be clear on:
1) Which TP-Link devices are transmitting Hidden SSID by default.
2) Why they are doing this - ie - OneMesh or DecoMesh network support or something else.
3) Is it possible to turn this off (like what is referred to in the linked thread).
The explaination on the other thread says "So please be assured of it, it is used to build up the one mesh network. Not a bug.". Which doesn't help at all, especially when further down one user states that they had a firmware update which now lets them turn OneMesh off. To add this ability means that some team at TP-Link felt is was a big enough problem (therefore a bug) to provide a solution.
The conern raise by others is that the radio resources used by the hidden SSID, especially when not being used in a Mesh netowrk, are using up available CPU resources and degrading the 'best' performance that a user could potentially get from their device. Can you please confirm this is the case? Nobody from TP-Link on the other thread you link to either confirmed or denied this - so the article still seems to be unanswered.
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