I have a digital camera that acts as Wi-Fi access point. It broadcasts SSID but it is not visible in list of networks in charm bar. On the other hand it is visible via netsh command:

Interface name : Wi-Fi
There are 10 networks currently visible.

SSID 7 : DIRECT-F3E0:ILCE-5000
    Network type            : Infrastructure
    Authentication          : WPA2-Personal
    Encryption              : CCMP

Note there are no filters:

Allow list on the system (group policy)
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    <None>

Allow list on the system (user)
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    <None>

Block list on the system (group policy)
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    <None>

Block list on the system (user)
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    <None>

The question is why ? I am aware I can setup a manual wifi connection but it will be visible in the networks list even it is not broadcasting. That's not convenient. After all it is just another wifi access point.

It is Broadcom wifi adapter. I suspect the length of SSID or special characters like ':' might be the issue but I can not change the generated SSID format by the camera.

Thanks, Petr

• Edited by Petr Vones Sunday, June 14, 2015 7:29 AM

Will this SSID be visible with other Windows machines?

Yes, it is. I suspect there is a bug in the Broadcom wifi driver but I use most recent version available. Any other ideas like specific ETW log ?

• Edited by Petr Vones Tuesday, June 16, 2015 11:32 AM

Hi Petr Vones,

Will this SSID be visible with other Windows machines?

According to your description, there is a possibility that the vendor configured the SSID as hidden by default.
The hidden SSID does not appear in the list of available wireless networks by default. It can still be found by the command line.
Here is a link for reference:
Non-broadcast Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726942.aspx

If it can be detected by the command line, we can refer to the following link to connect to the device. Windows 8.1 should share the same steps.
How to Connect to Hidden Wireless Networks in Windows 7
http://www.7tutorials.com/how-connect-hidden-wireless-networks
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Best r

Will this SSID be visible with other Windows machines?

Yes, it is. I suspect there is a bug in the Broadcom wifi driver but I use most recent version available. Any other ideas like specific ETW log ?

• Edited by Petr Vones 19 hours 41 minutes ago

Hi Petr,

What is the model of the network adapter on this specific machine?

"Any other ideas like specific ETW log ?"
We can run the built-in troubleshoot tool to have a diagnostic and then check the following Event Log.(Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\All Categories\Network Adapter)
Event Viewer\Applications and Services\Microsoft\Windows\Diagnostics-Networking
We also could check this log for any related information.
Event Viewer\Applications and Services \Microsoft\Windows\WLAN-Autoconfig

Before we check the log, we could refer to the link as I posted before to connect to the specific SSID to triger the log. If the specific SSID didn`t communicate with the machine, I am afraid we won`t get any logs of the specific SSID.

Best r