Cloaked SSID?
Fri, 01/09/2009 - 00:04
Excuse the newbie question, but does inSSIDer detect cloaked AP's (ie access points which don't transmit a beacon)? Since inSSIDer uses windows wifi API, I assume it doesn't, but several posts on the web seem to indicate that it does.
Hi! Welcome to the forum! InSSIDer will show the cloaked SSID as "unknown." So you'll know what channel it is on, and how strong the signal is.
Cloaked APs do transmit a beacon, but the beacon does not contain the SSID of the AP. InSSIDer indicates cloaked APs SSID as "unknown".