InSSIDer nameless network

[Red man]

Started playing around with InSSIDer today and noticed a network with no name, has a mac address that doesnt match any of my devices.... Didnt think mich of it at first. Until I started channel the channel for mt 5ghz network. Noticed it changes with my network almost instantly. It must be part of my network that im overlooking right?

 

[Gabriel Pike]

Possible. However without knowing any details it is hard to guess.

 

[DelJo63]

Remember, the tool sees ALL SSIDs in the RF range. I live across the street from a school and see it has deployed several unique networks. I too have seen networks move to channels I am using and if I move, they do too (but not instantly; eg SpectrumWiFi, SpectrumWiFi Plus, CableWiFi, TWCWiFi Passport, ...)

I see only ONE unnamed SSID -- that only means the name is not being broadcast which is an option and not unusual.

I monitor not only concurrent (co-channel) usage, but comparative signal strength. For example, I'm running at -62dbm while the concurrent is at -92dbm -- that's -30dbm and it drowns that data.

The adjacent channel is at -77dmb and -15dbm down.

Monitor the box upper right:

• Channel xx Link Score nn
  
• Co-Channel yy
• Overlapping zz

IMO, an ideal configuration would be a very high Link Score, 0 Co-Channel, 0 Overlapping

 

[Red man]

Remember, the tool sees ALL SSIDs in the RF range. I live across the street from a school and see it has deployed several unique networks. I too have seen networks move to channels I am using and if I move, they do too (but not instantly; eg SpectrumWiFi, SpectrumWiFi Plus, CableWiFi, TWCWiFi Passport, ...)

I see only ONE unnamed SSID -- that only means the name is not being broadcast which is an option and not unusual.

I monitor not only concurrent (co-channel) usage, but comparative signal strength. For example, I'm running at -62dbm while the concurrent is at -92dbm -- that's -30dbm and it drowns that data.

The adjacent channel is at -77dmb and -15dbm down.

Monitor the box upper right:

• Channel xx Link Score nn
  
• Co-Channel yy
• Overlapping zz

IMO, an ideal configuration would be a very high Link Score, 0 Co-Channel, 0 Overlapping

I hear ya. This ones just weird its only 3dbm higher or liwer than mine and I live in a rural area with four houses on the street. And when I say it switches channels with me I mean within seconds . Im thinking its a new modem my isp installed before my dsl/wifi router, its supposedly to convert my fiber optic signal into something readable by the ethernet? ( fiber optics is real new to me)

 

[DelJo63]

Im thinking its a new modem my isp installed before my dsl/wifi router, its supposedly to convert my fiber optic signal into something readable by the ethernet? ( fiber optics is real new to me)

That's the function of all MODEMS, regardless of the technology provided by the ISP {phone, coaxial cable, satellite rf, or fiber}. The output is ethernet for direct system access or a router for multiple devices.

The -3dbm is minute-- might as well be ZERO, so having 0 concurrent users is your highest priority. Try to use the 5G band if at all possible to avoid concurrent access.

{four houses on the street}. Does that mean only four visible SSIDs?