ZyMesh open network once Smart Mesh was enabled on 3 AP

Mar_Cin

Hey Zyxel community!
Just wanted to ask you about some odd thing I noticed while I was setting up SmartMesh (2x NWA50AX + NWA55AXE)
When finally got it working I scanned to see how DCS is working on 2.4GHz channels.
All Ap's are creating some weird HIDDEN networks which according to inSSIDer software are all unsecured/open
Did you notice the same? What is it? Why is it open?

Zyxel_Judy

Hi @Mar_Cin ,

Could you share which AP management mode are you using, Nebula cloud or Standalone mode?

• For APs using Smart Mesh on Nebula: The Mesh profile is generated automatically as shown

• For APs using WDS Mesh in Standalone mode: You can add Pre-Shared Key to the WDS SSID profile.

Mar_Cin

I'm currently on Nebula management system.
I installed inSSIDer on other PC machine and it shows the same…

2024-09-27 10_43_24-inSSIDer.png

Mar_Cin

Well, I run show running-config on all AP's and each one of them returned this:

So seems like everything is correct and maybe inSSIDer is not?

Mar_Cin

Alright…
So.. Windows also sees that network as open…

What to do with that.. I'm really concerned about network security now…
Please help.