Preface
I am keen to keep the information on this page up to date and accurate! If you have corrections or would like to add details to the content of this page, please, please contact me, either via the comments section or directly!
If you would like to contribute, please refer to this post regarding the detail I am looking to collect: Can You Help?
Here is a table (as I understand the current situation) detailing Wi-Fi Vendor support for broadcasting the AP hostname.
Vendor | Autonomous | Centrally Managed | Default | Character Limit | Flavour | PCAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YES | YES | NO | 32 | Hostname in Beacon | ||
? | ? | ? | 251 | |||
NO | YES | NO | 32 | Include AP name in Beacon | ||
YES | YES | NO | 30 | Advertise AP Name | ||
NO | NO | NO | ||||
YES | YES | YES | 15 | Aironet Extensions | ||
YES | YES | NO | 32 | LED Identify | ||
YES | YES | NO | 64 | wing-extensions | ||
YES | YES | NO | 16 | beacon-advertising | ||
YES | YES | YES | 16 | CCX1 Aironet Ext | ||
YES | YES | NO | 16 | CCX-Naming | ||
YES | YES | NO | 16 | Proprietary | ||
N/A | YES | NO | 32 | AP Name in Beacon | ||
NO | YES | NO | 64 | AP Host Name Advertisement in Beacon | ||
NO | NO | NO | ||||
NO | NO | NO |
Footnote
Huge thank you to Adrian Granados @adriangranados for the PCAP files!