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Hidden Instant SSID

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  • 1.  Hidden Instant SSID

    MVP EXPERT
    Posted May 20, 2017 10:45 AM

    I was doing some research in my Lab the other day and I've noticed that my Instant 105 appears to be broadcasting a hidden SSID using 

    wpa-psk-tkip ? Has anyone else seen this? I have 0 configuration relating to this and I can see this being broadcast from other controllers. Here's what I've pulled from the logs from both the Instant and the 620 controller.

     

    Here is the SSID in question

     

    iwconfig output for aruba000
    ----------------------------
    aruba000  IEEE 802.11na  ESSID:"b73375eab4fa00c6290c67c905e2606"  
    Mode:Master  Frequency:5.54 GHz  Access Point: x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   
    Encryption key:EB22-7C1F-C903-DF36-C113-B162-087C-151D [2]   Security mode:restricted

    I can see it being advertised when checking ARM neighbours on a nearby controller

     

     

    AP Tree
    -------
    Monitor Eth MAC    Radio  BSSID              ESSID                            RSSI  Dur  Cnt  Class        Clients  AP-name  Encryp          IBSS
    ---------------    -----  -----              -----                            ----  ---  ---  -----        -------  -------  ------          ----
    d8:c7:c8:ce:c3:0c  1      x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  b73375eab4fa00c6290c67c905e2606  65    178  36   valid        0                 wpa-psk-tkip    no

    The ap bss-table on the Instant does not show it broadcasting

     

    Instant-105# show ap bss-table 
    
    Aruba AP BSS Table
    ------------------
    bss                ess      port  ip           phy   type  ch/EIRP/max-EIRP  cur-cl  ap name      in-t(s)  tot-t
    ---                ---      ----  --           ---   ----  ----------------  ------  -------      -------  -----
    x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  weebox   ?/?   192.168.1.7  g-HT  ap    6/19/19           2       Instant-105  0        2d:2h:56m:51s
    x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  weebox   ?/?   192.168.1.7  a-HT  ap    108+/24/24        2       Instant-105  0        2d:2h:56m:52s
    x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  weexbox  ?/?   192.168.1.7  a-HT  ap    108+/24/24        0       Instant-105  0        2d:2h:56m:44s

    Any ideas what this hidden SSID is?

     



  • 2.  RE: Hidden Instant SSID

    MVP EXPERT
    Posted May 20, 2017 10:49 AM


  • 3.  RE: Hidden Instant SSID

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted May 20, 2017 11:01 AM
    Do you have mesh configured on either?


  • 4.  RE: Hidden Instant SSID

    MVP EXPERT
    Posted May 20, 2017 11:49 AM

    Hey, Mesh was not configured in either of them but Extended SSID was disabled. As soon as I re-enabled it the Mesh SSID was disabled :)



  • 5.  RE: Hidden Instant SSID

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted May 20, 2017 12:13 PM
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