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Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it's been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

There was an old bug up through at least XP (maybe gone by SP3, but I don't remember) where there would be certain SSIDs or network names that incremented because of how networking was implemented. I'm doubtful it's the same thing, but you could try searching there for a start.