[olug] "cstaging" WLAN APs in Omaha metro - WISP?

[Tony Gies]

Has anyone else noticed hundreds of 2.4GHz and 5GHz WLAN APs with an
ESSID of "cstaging" all over the metro recently? Today I observed
clusters of them up and down 84th St and in northeastern Bellevue. I
was looking for where the equipment might be physically located but
couldn't see any sign of it.

You can see a smattering of them on WiGLE's maps here:
https://wigle.net/gps/gps/Map/onlinemap2/?maplat=41.23004843331833&maplon=-96.02330780093753&mapzoom=11&ssid=cstaging

The non-map WiGLE query page brings up about 200 stations with that
ESSID, most with a BSSID in the 1C:1D:86 range which is assigned to Cisco.

Could this be a WISP gearing up to roll out in Omaha? Has anyone heard
anything about this?

Tony Gies <tony.gies at gruppe86.net>
Technical Projects Director
gruppe86 | IT Consulting, Software Development, Systems Integration