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Why would an Internet radio appliance need to broadcast an SSID? (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by daveyOsborn@infosec.pub to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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A DAB/Internet radio (made by Karcher in Germany) broadcasts an SSID (details). It cannot be disabled and neither the SSID nor the MAC address can be changed.

Can someone explain why this is necessary?

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Ummm... does it? It depends on Wi-Fi for operation, so why would it have another Wi-Fi radio to relay the signal? Other than initial setup of course.