🚨 Heads up, TP-Link router owners:
You might have a mesh network automatically enabled that you didn't know existed. #cososec
Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers | Jahed Ahmed
https://jahed.dev/2021/12/19/hidden-networks-in-tp-link-routers/
First comment in this HN thread explains a bit more what these "hidden" networks really are:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item
@voltronic so the additional network is there to pair new network devices or new devices on the network? Also odd .11s doesn’t do SSIDs.
it's the inter-AP link...the wireless connection between the APs in a "mesh"
@opie @voltronic I take it, not on true mesh routers. Doesn’t TP-Link let you connect all kind of routers to their Deco mesh systems to expand the mesh network?
@voltronic @opie gotcha! Which would be nifty it was an opt-in instead of on by default.
@Smersh
That's exactly the point. Consumer router firmware typically has all kinds of stuff enabled by default which might make connectivity to your other stuff quick and easy, but are potential security risks. uPnP is a typical example.
@opie