Your wireless router, by default, broadcasts your hotspot's service set identifier, or network name, to nearby computers and other devices. To improve the security of your network, you can configure ...

Your Wi-Fi name leaks more about you than your IP address ever could.

The SSID, or Service Set Identifier, of a wireless network is the public name that identifies the network for other devices. You can run two routers with the same SSID to increase the range of your Wi ...

Wi-Fi contains one glaring flaw: it's vulnerable to hacking. The range of connectivity means people down the hall or across the street can access your network. Even if it's secured with a password, ...

Nowadays, more people are using a Wi-Fi Router instead of the direct Ethernet port to connect their computers and devices to the Internet, as one internet connection can be distributed on multiple ...

Seems like every guide to securing your wireless network tells you to keep your SSID from broadcasting to make your network more secure, but is that really worthwhile? Let's take a look at one of the ...

Recently, I have had a lot of new people moving into my neighborhood, and I have been amused by some of the fun and creative names that some of my new neighbors use for their Wi-Fi networks. At the ...

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Are there any pitfalls to using SSID cloaking? Many organizations use SSID cloaking as a mechanism to add a layer of security to the WLAN. This technique requires that all users have knowledge of the ...

The continuous transmission of packets from a Wi-Fi access point that announces its availability. Also called "beaconing," if the network is secured with a password, users will see the SSID, but not ...

I need to support roughly 512 devices across 4 floors with 17 standalone access points. I want to use a single SSID for all the WAPs. If I use one vlan per floor, will all devices know to request a ...