I recently found that a Roku 3 uses Wi-Fi Direct for its remote control connection (though an IR remote is an option). If you have the wifi remote, then the Roku broadcasts an SSID for the remote to join. Perhaps other new TVs and such also use this tech for their remotes?
Steve Bohrer Network Admin, ITS Bard College at Simon's Rock 413-528-7645 > On Sep 7, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Jeremy Gibbs <jlgi...@utica.edu> wrote: > > I have been seeing more and more students coming to campus with "smart" tv's. > We allow them to register the TV on our wireless network. Recently, I have > been seeing a lot of "Hidden" networks when doing some WiFi scans. Turns > out, many of these TVs are broadcasting their own SSID, some hidden and some > not. This is obviously causing interference with our production wireless > network in the dorms. Also, I have seen xbox one devices broadcasting their > own SSID, hidden but it is broadcasting. > > On many of these "Smart" TVs and devices, I cannot find a way to turn off the > broadcast of these networks. > > Anyone have any experience mitigating problems like these? It just appears > that every new device these days broadcasts some sort of 2.4 Ghz network. > > Thanks > > > -- > > Jeremy L. Gibbs > Sr. Network Engineer > Utica College IITS > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ <http://www.educause.edu/groups/>. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
