TL-WN723N brodcasting strange SSID

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TL-WN723N brodcasting strange SSID
TL-WN723N brodcasting strange SSID
2017-12-30 03:13:14
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Hello, I installed a TL-WN723N v3 on Windows 10 64-bit. The driver date is 12/10/2015, version 1030.3.0831.2015. I noticed that the adapter is working well, but it is also broadcasting a strange SSID, like:

DIRECT-SNMASTERmsQI or in another case: DIRECT-FLMASTERmsGN. Note that MASTER is the hostname of my PC.

I am worried why is my network adapter brodcasting any SSID? For trying I removed this driver and let Windows 10 automatically install its Microsoft driver, but the result is the same. Can I disable SSID broadcast on the network adapter? It is not possible in the TP-Link utility, the SoftAP button is not ticked and it is greyed out.
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Re:TL-WN723N brodcasting strange SSID
2018-01-02 09:33:27
You may enable softAP(hotspot) in your PC, disable this function in the setting maybe help.
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2018-01-03 01:31:05
Hello p0et, thanks you found the solution! The Microsoft virtual WiFi miniport adapter was enabled for some reason. When I disabled it, it disappeared, and so did the strange SSID broadcast.
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