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Title: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: Greenhawk84 on November 23, 2013, 07:48:53 AM: Hello,

After resetting my router to factory in attempt to solve my Xbox One issue, when my SSID is scanned it shows with extra characters. Is has strange " Â " within it.
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: FurryNutz on November 23, 2013, 12:20:28 PM: Is this seen on the XB1? What is the SSID name you have? Is this on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz?

Does the XB1 support 5Ghz?

Try a simple no spaces all alpha character SSID name on the router and check again. Something like abc or abc123
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: Greenhawk84 on November 23, 2013, 12:41:48 PM: The issue went away after D-Link support helped me wipe everything out and re-do everything. It was reading that way on my laptop as well for both SSIDs.
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters? (RESEOLVED)
Post by: FurryNutz on November 23, 2013, 01:10:04 PM: Glad they got it fixed. Enjoy.
;)
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: 187 on December 03, 2013, 10:44:09 AM: Quote from: Greenhawk84 on November 23, 2013, 07:48:53 AM
Hello,

After resetting my router to factory in attempt to solve my Xbox One issue, when my SSID is scanned it shows with extra characters. Is has strange " Â " within it.

I had this same issue when upgrading my firmware and trying to put my SSID back in after the factor reset and upgrade. I copied and pasted the SSID from the router's web page to a text document before the factory reset and firmware upgrade. Then I copied the SSID from the text doc back into the router's setup and that's when I noticed the strange character. When I typed the SSID in manually, the strange character went away.
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: FurryNutz on December 03, 2013, 10:47:06 AM: Odd that this only seemed to happen with the XB1... :-\
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: 187 on December 03, 2013, 10:58:24 AM: Quote from: FurryNutz on December 03, 2013, 10:47:06 AM
Odd that this only seemed to happen with the XB1... :-\
No. I could see the extra character on almost all of my devices (360, iOS, PC, maybe PS3 - I can't remember). This was actually before the XB1 came out when I ran into this issue. I think it was more of a copy and paste from a web page to a text document and back issue. I believe I was on OsX at the time. Can't recall. Just wanted to share the scenario, in case anyone else experiences it. I did not try to reproduce it as I was glad to just fix it by typing the SSID.
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: FurryNutz on December 03, 2013, 11:06:02 AM: Possible..something being copied or some hidden character coming across. I haven't seen this as of yet. ::)
Title: Re: Strange SSID Characters?
Post by: B.Banner on December 09, 2013, 05:52:26 PM: This happened to me as well the first time set up the wireless. I was like that's weird I didn't put those characters in there??? After a re-flash and factory reset I haven't seen this happen again.