Mudslide
12-28-2005, 03:54 PM
so i just bought a new computer & would like to add it to my wireless network. when i broadcast the ssid, it connects no problem. i'd rather not broadcast the ssid, but when i don't, it does not detect the network. how would i go about successfully connecting the new computer w/o broadcasting the ssid?
cliffs for the lazy:
1. bought new comp
2. when ssid is broadcasted, it connects perfectly
3. when ssid is disabled, it doesnt detect network
4. would like to disable ssid for obvious security issues, how would i do it?
liggyman
01-04-2006, 10:45 PM
on XP:
start -> control panel -> Network Connections
Right Click the wireless adapter, and select properties.
Select the Wireless Networks tab.
You can manually configure the connection here.
why don't you want to broadcast ssid? why not broadcast and use 128bit wep?
and lol your cliffs are longer than the original text.
Mudslide
01-07-2006, 02:50 PM
on XP:
start -> control panel -> Network Connections
Right Click the wireless adapter, and select properties.
Select the Wireless Networks tab.
You can manually configure the connection here.
yeah i did that, doesnt detect the network when ssid isnt broadcasted
liggyman
01-07-2006, 03:49 PM
have you tried updating the drivers?
also are you running at least WinXP SP2?
Also not broadcasting the SSID doesn't make it more secure, it only really prevents the Windows utility from listing it in the networks within range table.
iNVAR
01-07-2006, 07:14 PM
yeah i did that, doesnt detect the network when ssid isnt broadcasted
it's not supposed to 'detect' it. did you put the SSID somewhere in your settings manually? i forget where it is but there is a place to do that.
as for WEP, WEP is easy to crack, but i suppose it's better than nothing. disable broadcasting of SSID, then enable WEP (or better yet, WPA or WPA2... those don't suck), and enable MAC filtering.
all of those combined should keep you pretty secure.
disabling SSID broadcasting by itself isn't very handy, but it's a deterrent. enabling WEP by itself isn't very useful, but it's yet another detterent. MAC filtering isn't useful by itself either. those three items by themselves won't keep a dedicated hacker out, but it'll keep some asshole kid from just effortlessly connecting. if you're going to use WEP, and WPA is available, you might as well use WPA instead because WEP is far inferior.