B4R Question [SOLVED] Duplicate SSID

bdunkleysmith

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Occasionally the following code running on an ESP8266 logs duplicate SSIDs:

B4X:
Dim numberOfNetworks As Byte = wifi.Scan
Log("Found ", numberOfNetworks, " networks")
For c = 0 To numberOfNetworks - 1
     Log("SSID: ", wifi.ScannedSSID(c), "|RSSI: ", wifi.ScannedRSSI(c))
Next

as per this log:

B4X:
Found 12 networks
SSID: DIRECT-E6-HP OfficeJet Pro 6970|RSSI: -47
SSID: Telstra1943|RSSI: -45
SSID: Telstra Air|RSSI: -86
SSID: Fon WiFi|RSSI: -87
SSID: TelstraAA2E98|RSSI: -85
SSID: PhHome-2.4|RSSI: -91
SSID: PhHomeGuest1|RSSI: -89
SSID: PhHome-2.4|RSSI: -88
SSID: PhHomeGuest1|RSSI: -89
SSID: EQ|RSSI: -90
SSID: BezawadaNetwork|RSSI: -91
SSID: BezawadaNetwork|RSSI: -91

However these duplicates appear to be false because they are not detected when scanning with an Android mobile phone or tablet.

Anyone have any suggestions why this may be happening?
 

bdunkleysmith

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I now realise that these are not false duplicates, but just access points with the same SSID and different MAC addresses, which I can see by revising the code:

B4X:
Dim numberOfNetworks As Byte = wifi.Scan
Log("Found ", numberOfNetworks, " networks")
For c = 0 To numberOfNetworks - 1
        Log("SSID: ", wifi.ScannedSSID(c), "|MAC: ", bc.HexFromBytes(wifi.ScannedBSSID(c)), "|RSSI: ", wifi.ScannedRSSI(c))
Next
 
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