toby10;361203 Wrote: > In regards to not broadcasting the SSID: > - I understand CatBus' explanation for "less secure" in situations > - I've long understood that it is of little benefit to stop even a > beginner hacker > > ....but I'm curious as to why this would also (possibly) make a WiFi > more "flaky"? > Do you mean more likely to experience signal drops? rov mentioned that hiding the SSID "...occasionally makes my wireless pc's flaky...", but I can't speak to his specifics. I do know that when I was first getting WPA going on Win2K that I would get frequent wifi disconnects when I was hiding the SSID, and none when I un-hid the SSID. I read various posts/articles reporting similar conflicts, so it didn't seem like I was the only one. But I don't know enough about the black magic of wifi enough to understand the nature of the problem, much less explain it.
Fwiw, I had no problem with hiding the SSID when I was using WEP, but of course the real problem is that I was using WEP! "Giving up" hiding the SSID in exchange for switching to WPA wasn't a difficult choice. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.04) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55229 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
