Tim wrote:
Tim:
Not broadcasting the SSID does NOT help security in the slightest, and
can make networking difficult for all manner of things, it's breaking a
fundamental part of wireless networking. Don't expect things to work
when they're not used properly. Broadcast the SSID.
Richard England:
Never the less, to answer the question, when I don't broadcast mine,
it seems to work fine on F9.
While things may work when done abnormally, you can remove the
*expectation* that they will, and add the expectation that you may have
to do more work to make them work.
It's a pointless thing to do, you get zero real benefits, and several
deficits (both you and any neighbours). It's tin foil hat superstitious
territory.
Hmm, I don't know it coz I am not a network security guru. One of my
friends told me to hide the SSID to make my wireless AP safer since
hackers can not see it. It must be an illusion,
isn't it? Can you tell me why?
BTW, I try again in the weekend to broadcast my SSID, it only works when
I didn't set any security mechanisms(WEP or WPA). When I set 128-bit WEP
again, the wireless failed. Should I try iwconfig something manually? I
am running Fedora 9 live from a 4GB USB stick.
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