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asafgre

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Registered: 2024-10-07

Posts: 6

phasntom wifi network: HP84c8da (on non-HP laptop)

I started seeing a network that always exists, even without any deviced around me.
It starts with HP.....

I had it once , on an HP windows machine, when I tried to configure ad-hoc neteworks (or something, i can't remember).

but now i'm on a Toshiba, I didn't manipulate the network, and arch linux.

any idea what is this ghost network, and how to remove it?

sample image: https://ibb.co/RTgvdRCb

Last edited by asafgre (2025-07-04 09:52:37)

unixman

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Registered: 2015-03-12

Posts: 112

Re: phasntom wifi network: HP84c8da (on non-HP laptop)

is that ghost MAC address match your card MAC address?

If so then maybe you forget to clean something.
try these:

grep -rl ghost /etc /var

'ghost' is placeholder replace it with networks name.

-thc

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Registered: 2017-03-15

Posts: 929

Re: phasntom wifi network: HP84c8da (on non-HP laptop)

HP WiFi enabled printer? (neighbor?).

asafgre

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Registered: 2024-10-07

Posts: 6

Re: phasntom wifi network: HP84c8da (on non-HP laptop)

HP WiFi enabled printer? (neighbor?).

nothing HP.. around me (i'm in the nature. There's nothing around, and the signal of this fake network is maximum, always)

-thc

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Registered: 2017-03-15

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Re: phasntom wifi network: HP84c8da (on non-HP laptop)

As unixman mentioned - check the MAC addresses in the output of

ip a

If an interface MAC address matches "84c8da" it may be the culprit.

Last edited by -thc (2025-07-05 06:49:07)