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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:
C0RR0SIVE wrote: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. :)Thank you CORROSIVE! I have my SSIDs broadcasting, so I knew it wasn't anything to do with that. The signal is so strong that I knew it wasn't a neighbor.
I read something about some providers creating a hidden network to speed up the wifi, or something like that.
Thanks again for solving my mystery hidden network!
I have the same 'hidden network' that just began showing up everytime I turn on my hughesnet modem/router. I'm not fine with this explanation. I have been on the phone with tech support for hours and they just keep saying they can't help me because they can't see the hidden network on their end.
I want it gone! It wasn't there 3 days ago and I want it gone now. I'm sensitive to wifi signals so I have turned all but 1 of the 2.4g wifi connections off in my modem's administrative area. I am not able to access or turn off the hidden network. I don't want it broadcasting through my home for 'future use'. That is not okay with me and I will report Hughesnet to the Federal Communications Commissioin if it doesn't get turned off very soon!
gowest wrote:
lake_woman wrote:
C0RR0SIVE wrote: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. :)Thank you CORROSIVE! I have my SSIDs broadcasting, so I knew it wasn't anything to do with that. The signal is so strong that I knew it wasn't a neighbor.
I read something about some providers creating a hidden network to speed up the wifi, or something like that.
Thanks again for solving my mystery hidden network!
I have the same 'hidden network' that just began showing up everytime I turn on my hughesnet modem/router. I'm not fine with this explanation. I have been on the phone with tech support for hours and they just keep saying they can't help me because they can't see the hidden network on their end.
I want it gone! It wasn't there 3 days ago and I want it gone now. I'm sensitive to wifi signals so I have turned all but 1 of the 2.4g wifi connections off in my modem's administrative area. I am not able to access or turn off the hidden network. I don't want it broadcasting through my home for 'future use'. That is not okay with me and I will report Hughesnet to the Federal Communications Commissioin if it doesn't get turned off very soon!
I finally got someone at Hughesnet to admit that this hidden network was put on my modem by them in a recent update and that it can not be removed... I didn't agree to have this hidden network that I am not in contol of to transmit through my house when I signed up for service! I want it turned off or I want my service cancelled with no penalty at all.
Sorry, but that's not going to happen. The hidden network does nothing currently aside from broadcast. If you don't like it, you can disable the wifi on your HT2000w entirely and use your own wifi access point.
What you are asking is almost like when the HT1000 was replaced with the HT1100 if the unit failed, the HT1100 had a new potential feature which was a USB port, yeup, end those contracts over nothing! lol
That aside, Hughesnet conforms to all F.C.C requirements, otherwise there wouldn't be, ya know, an F.C.C sticker on the unit.
BTW, Pro-tip, electromagnetic hypersensitivity is not a medical diagnosis, it's a self diagnosis, meaning it's not recognized by anyone, including the F.C.C. If you knew how many signals passed through your body, you would realize that much.
Your electrical meter? Most likely part of a mesh wifi network.
Your local TV stations? Yeup, they broadcast some pretty strong signals.
All those satellites in space? Yeup, they flood the ground in radio signals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivityJust to make note.... I currently have ALL WiFi radios TURNED OFF in my HughesNet modem (always have). The HiddenNetwork is still being Broadcasted. So it seams like there is no way to get it to NOT show at all.
I attempted to connect to it by typing my HughesNet modem SSID and Password and it would not connect. I tried to connect to it using my own router's SSID and Password and it did connect.... Humm very strange.
Hello everyone,
I will try to get you more information on this and see exactly what is going on regarding this third SSID appearing. I appreciate everyones input.
Thanks
Amanda
