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Hidden Network
This is probebly crazy, but I'll ask anyway. Is the Gen5 modem-wifi creating a hidden network? I've been noticing it every time that I turn on wifi on my Wondows 10 Surface Pro 3. When I unpl...
Yes the signal is coming from your HT2000w... You wont be able to connect to that signal, and the signal is disabled if you disable the Wifi on the modem.
It's kind of like the USB port on the back of the HT1100... It's there for "future use", but, we have no idea when or if that future will ever come. :)You'll pardon my "clueles banter", but tone is as tone does.
First question asked about hidden network. After thinking about it I asked 2 more questions.
I do not believe that Hughesnet is being transparent. I do not buy that they can do what they want and we have no choice.
When members ask specifically about the "Hidden Network" no explaination is given.
The "supposed experts" on this forum also have no answers as to the "hidden network". They chose to attack members wanting to know what is going on. WHY?
I'll just leave it at that.....
lake_woman wrote:We were not notified that there would be an update that would give us an Hidden Network. It just showed up out of nowhere, no explaination at all.
No one was notified because it's a modem update, not a service update. Hughesnet isn't required to let you, nor anyone else, know. Nor are they required to tell you what it's for, nor anything else about it. About the only thing they may answer is..."Is it a security concern?" I'm sure the answer will be, "no."
As has already been stated..."It has been included to provide support for a future service from HughesNet. This will not affect your normal service or usage."
lake_woman
While you may dislike that there is a "hidden" network (it's only named that because the devices you are using don't know the name, it's not actually hidden), it doesn't harm you having it there in the slightest. If you want to be notified of future changes, I suggest becoming a major stakeholder in Echostar, then you will be notified of future changes.
- The network in question is secure
- The network in question has no SSID visible, only devices that know the SSID could begin a connection.
- The network in question is most likely using a passphrase that no one could guess, nor crack, and that's if they could first figure out the SSID
- The network in question doesn't change your service in the slightest, it's not part of your "account".
The simple truth is, it's there, for future uses, if Hughesnet really wanted to spy on you, they wouldn't do it in any manor that you could detect, nor never know. They haven't made a change to your account, they have made a change to the modem, a change that removes absolutely nothing from your service.
