What is the HPSETUP network?
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Sometimes, when I disable the WiFi on my laptop (Dell D620) an odd ad-hoc network appears labeled as . There's no Internet on it, of course, but it doesn't disappear either. It appeared in both XP and 7. It used to show up in my Ubuntu netbook, but doesn't anymore. What is it and why is it there?
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hpsetup
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HPSETUP originated from HP wireless printers, which create an ad-hoc network called HPSETUP for you to send jobs to the printer wirelessly. A strange bug in how Windows XP handles ad-hoc networks causes your computer to re-broadcast ad-hoc SSIDs som…
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