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Broadcasts and the BSSID

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Last Post: April 4, 2008:
  • By GTHill
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    Bruce,

    I'm sure that this has been answered, but for anyone else reading this, I'm going to make it simple why multiple SSID's doesn't provide any protection from excessive BCast/MCast traffic.

    Here is the simple point: ANY 802.11 frame must be processed by EVERY 802.11 device that is on the same channel in RF range, independent of the SSID, or BSSID. Why?

    Because the receiving device MUST process the data to know if it is destined for them!

    Gene

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