SSID showing up on my LAN connection?

[finsfree]

I have a desktop PC which is connected to my wireless router via Ethernet cable (not the wifi).

Why, in the LAN connection, does it show the SSID of the wireless signal that I am broadcasting? It's like I'm connected to the wifi through the Ethernet cable? I don't even have a wireless NIC in this PC. Very weird...

I can still browse the internet and navigate to mapped drives.

 

[beers]

Is it just the 'name' that populates on the adapter settings? Probably just seeing some naming overlap if the hostname was similar.

 

[Geoff]

Is the name of your wireless router the same as your SSID? I've found this to be the case on my Windows 10 desktop as well, even though it doesn't have WiFi.

 

[finsfree]

Is the name of your wireless router the same as your SSID? I've found this to be the case on my Windows 10 desktop as well, even though it doesn't have WiFi.

Yes, I'm using Windows 10. No, the router's name is "DD-WRT" and the SSID is "Get Off". Get Off is showing up on the LAN adapter.

But this is funny too, I broadcast 2 SSID's (1 in 2.4GHz & 1 in 5GHz) on the same router. It chose the 2.4GHz SSID "Get Off".

 

[beers]

Probably something like LLDP or UPnP, no real cause for concern.

You could do a Wireshark dump and search for that string if you're paranoid.

 

[finsfree]

Probably something like LLDP or UPnP, no real cause for concern.

You could do a Wireshark dump and search for that string if you're paranoid.

Not really paranoid, It's just that my Kodi that I have running on my Amazon Fire TV won't see my Media Server (Plex) anymore.