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My XPS 15 laptop can only connect to my router when the network is unhidden.
I prefer to keep it hidden for security purposes. Is there a workaround this please? Tony |
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Are you referring to the SSID?
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"Brian K" wrote in message ond.com... Are you referring to the SSID? Yes. I prefer to keep it hidden. |
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I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is
going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. |
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On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, Brian K wrote:
I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. I know my wireless only broadcasts around 75' outside the house. (With WPA2 also) |
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"Bob_Villa" wrote in message news:15147644.212.1332758162491.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynjx8... On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, Brian K wrote: I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. I know my wireless only broadcasts around 75' outside the house. (With WPA2 also) Thank you both for that reassurance. I'll stop hiding my SSID. |
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K"
wrote: I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree. Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the decryption. |
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"RnR" wrote in message ... On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K" wrote: I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree. Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the decryption. I don't know if you have heard this before, but there was a hackers convention years ago in Las Vegas (or was it in Phoenix?), that hackers logged in on a stock WiFi for a new record of being 52 miles (50 something anyway) away. Later I heard newer records being hundreds of miles away. Now where are these guys when I setup my WiFi? As I have a hard time pulling in mine just 600 feet away. lol -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP |
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:58:36 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:
"RnR" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:25 +1100, "Brian K" wrote: I don't bother hiding the SSID as it gives you no extra security. No-one is going to get past your WPA2 even if they sit outside your house for a few years. In theory NOT true but speaking in a practical sense, I agree. Unless one is paranoid, he's safe with WPA2 but there is free software to try to decrypt it. The problem is it takes a lot of cpu or time to do so and no one is going to bother unless they think it's worth the effort and have the money to buy multiple pc's to work on the decryption. I don't know if you have heard this before, but there was a hackers convention years ago in Las Vegas (or was it in Phoenix?), that hackers logged in on a stock WiFi for a new record of being 52 miles (50 something anyway) away. Later I heard newer records being hundreds of miles away. Now where are these guys when I setup my WiFi? As I have a hard time pulling in mine just 600 feet away. lol No Bill, hadn't heard of that but I have seen and heard of antennas that supposedly can pull in the signal from a couple of miles. 52 miles does sound incredible .... hope they wire up Houston so everyone can get free wifi all around the city instead of the bozo's that were hired and never delivered. |
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