Hidden unknown SSID injected by Airtel in AOT-4221SR modem

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yep i agree with Trex it looks like a SSID for diagnosing issues. Still as you said, its a security issue as anyone on the SSID have access to ur entire network. They should possibly have it on another VLAN maybe?

You maybe able to find the hashed password of the ssid in the config file?
 
Smartphones/laptops can connect if the SSID and credentials (authentication protocol, certificate, username, password) are known. All these are known to the person (or group of person) who is/are managing it or set these.
 
At last Airtel Technical support changed the modem to Nokia G-2425G-A. This modem do not have a Hidden SSID issue like AOT-4221SR but it looks Airtel has a very bad practice to keep a backdoor connection to your router. The router has a pon VID assigned to IP 192.168.2.2 with a /24 network. Customer does not have access to this configuration or interface. Configuration on the other end of OLT side with this VID is unknown. So why this backdoor created by AIRTEL ???

I am telling backdoor because Airtel (or any of your ISP) already has documented well known (though many non-tech users does not know) TR-069 interface through which they can configure or see all status/statistics of your modem from the NOC.

Undocumented and inaccessible configurations in your modem will always be a problem/concern, but NONE of Indian ISP looks to to fair on this account. The reason is clearly we do not have many technically competent users to understand such issues.
 
A better idea would be to goto your Security and under Mac Filter, Blacklist those addresses... You can also do the same to Block the IP addresses I did the same today and the other devices are no more connected..
 
I know this is an old thread, but I'd like to add that in router config there is a section called "Smart Wifi Coverage" under Device Information. There is an "Online External AP" listed here with the SSID description as "Mesh Uplink 5GHz". There is also a section below this description on "External APs Neighbor Information" and "External APs Wifi statistics". I believe this is the hidden SSID that OP is talking about. And, it seems to be some kind of mesh thingie.

In settings (under Network ->Wifi Coverage Management) there is no setting to turn this thing off. There are config options to synchronize WLAN with this external AP (and other details), which thankfully are all unselected. I'm wondering if I can get this thing turned off via customer support and/or if this is sufficient grounds for asking for a router replacement. The thing is, I don't know if the replacement will have a similar thing going which can't be turned off. Here I can at least see this in config, what if other routers have this but don't show in config at all?
 
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