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JC11
Contributor I
July 21, 2019
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HideWiFi signal

I have 3 sonos speakers that are connected by wifi to my home network. They have always been hidden as available networks but now has started appearing and it’s an unsecured network. Anyone in close proximity to the house can connect to it. Does anyone know how to hide the network so my neighbours can’t connect to it?
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    JC11Answer
    Contributor I
    July 26, 2019
    Problem solved! Thank you everyone for your assistance. A scanner and wireshark solved it. Turned out not to be one of my Sonos speakers. My wife bought a google home and gave it the same name as what one of the speakers were. It was broadcasting a guest network.
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    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    July 24, 2019
    A screenshot of what you are seeing might begin to help shed some light onto the matter.

    It would be helpful to see its MAC address as @ratty mentions. I do know that the (Free) iOS Apple Airport Utility App has a built in Wifi scanner that will show local wifi MAC addresses (see screenshot), if you do perhaps use that App?
    JC11AuthorAnswer
    Contributor I
    July 26, 2019
    Problem solved! Thank you everyone for your assistance. A scanner and wireshark solved it. Turned out not to be one of my Sonos speakers. My wife bought a google home and gave it the same name as what one of the speakers were. It was broadcasting a guest network.
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