Solution for turning off SSID broadcast in a wireless net...

[valerossi]

It seems that I see many people are having problem in XP to locate/connect to their wireless network if they diable the SSID broadcast... it has something to do with WZC(Wireless Zero Configuration) service in XP... here is an article explaining how to turn it off...

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-1058553.html#


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[R1Budha]

turning off an SSID is useless....

anybody who wants to hack it can still sniff for it with any of a dozen freeware programs.

it's simpler and easier and just as secure to just lock it to a mac address table.

[valerossi]

Yes true... but 80% of the people donno about those tools...


The best is to have all 3 done... WPA, MAC filter, and SSID disabled...


:corn

[R1Lover]

I can drive to work and I can pick up over 19 different wireless signals and it's only a mile away... lol out of those only three of them were secure....the rest wide open..... No need to pay for cable here - just use the one next door... lmao

[eveR1ast]

Yes true... but 80% of the people donno about those tools...


:fact That's me. I don't think I'm computer illiterate by any means, but when it comes to securing a wireless network, I might as well read the directions in Greek. Which sucks, because right now I don't worry about it. I live in a neighborhood where most of my neighbors are only here 3 months a year, and they're :old at that. But when I move in 2 weeks, I'll be in a dense area again where I'm going to have to figure out how to protect my network.

I know this stuff comes naturally to some people.....cough..budha..cough.... but most of us have never heard of a mac address table or would have any clue how to set it up. :dunno

[valerossi]

eveR1ast,

Setting up mac address filter table is not that hard... you just have to login to your router and enable it... each network adapter, no matter if it's wireless or not, it has its own unique mac address... think of mac address as the VIN on your bike... to find out your card's mac address, it's very simple... it's always written on the card... or you can just use the following command:

Start -> Run -> type cmd -> Enter

Then type ipconfig /all

You will see something call Physical Address... that's your MAC address...


Now go back into your router's configuration and put that into the mac address filter table...


:corn

[eveR1ast]

eveR1ast,

Setting up mac address filter table is not that hard... you just have to login to your router and enable it... each network adapter, no matter if it's wireless or not, it has its own unique mac address... think of mac address as the VIN on your bike... to find out your card's mac address, it's very simple... it's always written on the card... or you can just use the following command:

Start -> Run -> type cmd -> Enter

Then type ipconfig /all

You will see something call Physical Address... that's your MAC address...


Now go back into your router's configuration and put that into the mac address filter table...


:corn

I'll re-read this when I'm setting everything up in the new house. My brother in law will be living near by and he's pretty geekified, he can probably help me set it up in a more secure manner than I've been running.

[R1Budha]

eveR1ast,

Setting up mac address filter table is not that hard... you just have to login to your router and enable it... each network adapter, no matter if it's wireless or not, it has its own unique mac address... think of mac address as the VIN on your bike... to find out your card's mac address, it's very simple... it's always written on the card... or you can just use the following command:

Start -> Run -> type cmd -> Enter

Then type ipconfig /all

You will see something call Physical Address... that's your MAC address...


Now go back into your router's configuration and put that into the mac address filter table...


:corn

I'll re-read this when I'm setting everything up in the new house. My brother in law will be living near by and he's pretty geekified, he can probably help me set it up in a more secure manner than I've been running.
just dont enable keys and stupid useless shit like that.
All it does is slow down the connection.

[korrupt1]

no problems at all for me