Re: Can Host Try Connecting Even With No SSID?

mavigozler wrote:


Some columnist at PCWorld recommended "increasing the security" of
the wireless router against unwanted connections by removing the
option of broadcasting the SSID.

But that means on my host running WinVistaHomePrem, I have to type in
the SSID and network key/passphrase every time, which for me is an
annoyance.

Isn't there a way of getting my host to persist in connecting with
"Unnamed Network" which has the strongest signal of all available
wireless networks? Or is this just the price I have to pay for
"extra security"?

That doesn't sound right to me.

I don't broadcast my ssid, but that does not require the passphrase to
be rekeyed every time - under xp and Ubuntu.

All you should have to do is key in the known ssid name and the
passphrase once and the PC should retain that information.

There's something screwy with your setup or the way you are using it.

While not broadcasting the ssid will not prevent sniffer porgrams
detecting yhe network, it will quite often make the address invisible
to ordinary network connection software as supplied with wifi adaptors.

Cheers

Rob
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