Re: Dual wifi connections in Bookworm

On 25/11/2024 16:30, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

>
Between what ifconfig reports and wavemon displays I tend to think
the unused interface is inactive. However, I'm not certain.
>

 Something else is going on. Placed in scan mode, the external usb-wifi adapter is reporting
non-existent access points:
 ATTKXEBVbA       DC:8D:8A:5A:D6:D4  54%, -72 dBm, ch   1, 2412 MHz 43% chan, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt

That's a Nokia device. Possibly a smart phone being used as an access point

d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  96%, -43 dBm, ch   2, 2417 MHz ESS

Thats a Pi set up badly

millerhome2      F0:72:EA:49:C6:4A  54%, -72 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz ESS, Radio Measure
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7F  70%, -61 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7E  70%, -61 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7C  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7A  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
cross            7C:9A:54:FC:7E:79  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt

Those are all MAC addtreses from Vantiva, which sells broadband . Presumably they have some routers nearby

ATTKXEBVbA       DC:8D:8A:5A:D6:D4  56%, -71 dBm, ch  36, 5180 MHz 20% chan, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt

That's a Nokia device. Possibly a smart phone being used as an access point

<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:87  60%, -68 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:84  60%, -68 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
cross            7C:9A:54:FC:7E:81  61%, -67 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
<hidden ESSID>   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:86  63%, -66 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt

More Manitiva shit

d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  96%, -43 dBm, ch 108, 5540 MHz ESS
d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  97%, -42 dBm, ch 157, 5785 MHz ESS
 

That's a pi set up badly I think

The last two entries appear to be duplicates of the second, with a wrong frequency attribution: my
AP can't use 5 GHz.
 

I didn't see your access point in there at all.
What is its SSID?

Anybody got an idea what's going on?
 Thanks for reading!
 bob prohaska
  

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