You don't need to turn it off. It can only be used by another router on your network using the same security. It's part of MLO and the included Mesh network design included into the unit.
I have two hidden networks in wired network, reported / asked Asus some 4 times for support; no reply, they dont care about customers which already made the purchase. And this Maxi... pretending to be some Asus support. BS,
Yes, I have several of these hidden networks using the GT-BE98 Pro as a main and some more at my BE96U mesh node. It's how they have increased the throughput with additional lanes. I agree, ASUS support is very lacking. They have made finding needed information difficult and many of their firmware updates are bad to match their service. Having to factory restore entire mesh systems after a firmware update couldn't be any more obtuse and they never include this information or anything that gets deleted with a new firmware update. That proves their only interest is sales.
