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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by chatmasta on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:00PM (#18926940)
You would want to look at a database of the most common MAC addresses and SSIDs (maybe even pairs of them) and spoof your MAC address and SSID to match one of the most common pairs.

But it won't help much if there are any other wifi networks or devices around.

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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet by bigiain on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:25AM (#18928598)
"McDonalds Free Wifi" and a MAC address swiped from a nearby (but not so close your Wi0Fi signals will intersect) Mc Donalds...

For enhanced sneakiness, deploy three or more Wi-Fi base stations at the same location with the radios tx power turned right down and directional antennas - and try to make the geometry lookalike it's just a lucky long range shot to a real public/free wifi behind the antennas...

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