LinkSys WRT54G disable broadcast SSID does not work??

On my Linksys WRT54G I have "SSID Broadcast" to disable, but I am
still able to pick up the SSID with NetStumbler. Am I missing
something?

thanks
d1

Don wrote:
> On my Linksys WRT54G I have "SSID Broadcast" to disable, but I am
> still able to pick up the SSID with NetStumbler. Am I missing
> something?
>
> thanks
> d1

Just for interest, on my LinkSys b router, I had the same problem until
I toggled "Shared Key" for authentication on the router. It had been
set to "Both" (Shared Key and Open System). There is nothing in the docs
that this should be required. NetStumbler picks up nothing now.

Q

I found out that if I have the wireless network defined to Windows XP,
then NetStumbler picks it up. When I delete the wireless connection
Windows XP does not see it.

It is amazing the number of people in this area who have unsecured
wireless networks - probably using the default passwords as well!

d1

On 14 Oct 2003 07:37:39 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Don) wrote:

>I found out that if I have the wireless network defined to Windows XP,
>then NetStumbler picks it up. When I delete the wireless connection
>Windows XP does not see it.
>
>It is amazing the number of people in this area who have unsecured
>wireless networks - probably using the default passwords as well!
>
>d1

I was about to post telling you this well done for working it out
though, it is annoying and can be hard to track down as most people
dont think to remove the SSID from known WAPs in the Windows settings.

On 14 Oct 2003 07:37:39 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Don) wrote:

>I found out that if I have the wireless network defined to Windows XP,
>then NetStumbler picks it up. When I delete the wireless connection
>Windows XP does not see it.

What do you mean by defined to Windows XP? I am running a WRT54G, SSID
disabled and I see it being broadcasted in NetStumbler as well... I have
it set to "Shared Key" and according to the router, encryption is
enabled. Thanks for any clues you can provide


--
Taylor

I have SSID broadcast disabled on my D-link DI-774, but Windows XP still
identifies both my G network and my A network (and I haven't used the G for
some time).

I assume this is because at one time I disabled my D-link config utility and
used Windows zero config. I clicked properties on the Windows connection
box, selected "Use Windows to Configure", then explicitly entered the SSID
for my G network, and repeated the process for the A network. I imagine this
information stays around in the registry or some other config file
maintained by Windows.

Even if the router is not including SSID in its beacons, the client can
probe for SSIDs that it knows. That would explain how some people with SSID
broadcast disabled still see SSID in NetStumbler, and others don't. I don't
have a platform to run NetStumbler (yet) so I can't check this out.

In fact, the client can probe for the universal SSID, and the AP might
respond with its real SSID, depending on how the vendor implemented it. I
hope "disable SSID broadcast" disables this as well, but who knows.

"Just Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 14 Oct 2003 07:37:39 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Don) wrote:
>
> >I found out that if I have the wireless network defined to Windows XP,
> >then NetStumbler picks it up. When I delete the wireless connection
> >Windows XP does not see it.
>
> What do you mean by defined to Windows XP? I am running a WRT54G, SSID
> disabled and I see it being broadcasted in NetStumbler as well... I have
> it set to "Shared Key" and according to the router, encryption is
> enabled. Thanks for any clues you can provide
>
>
> --
> Taylor