ZyMesh open network once Smart Mesh was enabled on 3 AP

Mar_Cin · September 26

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 · September 27

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 · September 27

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 · September 27

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

2024-09-27 12_07_22-192.168.111.3 - KiTTY.png

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

Mar_Cin · September 28

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

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

ZyMesh open network once Smart Mesh was enabled on 3 AP

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