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Running Mojave on a Mac mini (2018).
In the Network preferences you see 2 Wi-Fi in the left hand column.
I can't find any documentation of what that is. The Network Name will switch when you change Wi-Fi. It doesn't assign itself an IP address.
jimlongo wrote:
It looks like I can configure the Wi-Fi according to that documentation. There are 2 Wi-Fi networks active on the modem, the "Primary" and a Guest.
Is that what causes 2 Wi-Fi s to show up in the prefs?
No. The wifi on your Mac is an actual physical piece of hardware. The guest and primary networks on your modem should just appear as available networks in the wi-fi list, not as available hardware connections there.
The ethernet connection, is also not going to show up a secondary wifi, it shows up as per your image as "ethernet".
There has to be something else, plugged in to the Mac that is creating it.
What if anything is plugged into its USB ports?
jimlongo wrote:
It looks like I can configure the Wi-Fi according to that documentation. There are 2 Wi-Fi networks active on the modem, the "Primary" and a Guest.
Is that what causes 2 Wi-Fi s to show up in the prefs?
No. The wifi on your Mac is an actual physical piece of hardware. The guest and primary networks on your modem should just appear as available networks in the wi-fi list, not as available hardware connections there.
The ethernet connection, is also not going to show up a secondary wifi, it shows up as per your image as "ethernet".
There has to be something else, plugged in to the Mac that is creating it.
What if anything is plugged into its USB ports?
That means you have 2 Wi-fi adapters (hardware) connected to the Mac in some way. We can't tell you what it is and you won;t find any documentation about it, because its specific to your setup.
Its a secondary means of connecting to Wifi.
What devices are connected to your Mac exactly?
It could be an external USB wifi adapter or similar.
I have a Bell fibre modem. It's called a Bell HomeHub 3000
https://support.bell.ca/internet/connection-help/manage-wi-fi-on-your-home-hub-3000
I have the ethernet connected to my computer and enabled.
I also use the Wi-Fi for streaming to an Airport Express.
It looks like I can configure the Wi-Fi according to that documentation. There are 2 Wi-Fi networks active on the modem, the "Primary" and a Guest.
Is that what causes 2 Wi-Fi s to show up in the prefs?
On my other devices, MacBook Air(s) and phones, etc., there is only 1 Wi-Fi.
Thanks.
There is a keyboard and a Focusrite audio interface.
Unplugging them both doesn't change what I see in System Prefs.
I just clicked the "minus" button at the bottom of the list. That removes it.
Probably something left over from a previous config.
What is Wi-Fi 2
