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		voltagex_ on June 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building an LTE Access Point with a Raspberry Pi https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/199163/how-does-io... seems to think it's in the wifi beacon itself for OS X. No detection method appears to be present in Windows 10, it's all geared towards LTE modems integrated in the machine. I really wish this had been standardised.

p_l on June 24, 2019 [–]

Windows 10 appears to support one of the newer standards for announcing su h details in beacon

voltagex_ on June 24, 2019 | [–]

"Microsoft has defined a vendor extension to the 802.11 protocol."

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/mo...

p_l on June 30, 2019 | | [–]

It also supports at the very least WiFi Alliance's Passpoint, based on 802.11u.

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