Vendor name of router is hidden in some OpenWrt versions?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I'm using WiFi Analyzer and Network Analyzer Pro on Android, and in these two apps I don't see router manufacturer name for OpenWrt 22.03.2 r19803-9a599fee93 (TP-Link TL-MR3420 v5), but for example for LEDE Reboot 17.01.7 r4030-6028f00df0 (TP-Link TL-MR3220 v2) or LEDE Reboot 17.01-SNAPSHOT r3925-79c8f2f50b (TP-Link TL-MR3220 v2) I can see vendor name.
Is it hidden by OpenWrt or it depends since hardware?

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This is based on the BSSID of the WiFi radio. The BSSID may be the MAC address of the interface or a random number. The apps look up a table with MAC addresses (only the first 3 Bytes) assigned to the vendors.
I.E. 60-32-B1, 0C-4B-54 and many others for TP-Link or 14-91-82, 80-69-1A and others for Belkin.Why there are differences between LEDE 17.01 and OpenWrt 22.03 you should ask the developers.
On my router ( with 21.03.5 and 22.03.1) the BSSID is the MAC address given by the manufacturer.

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Thanks for explain! I created issuse here.

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