>From a totally non-squeezebox side of things, the argument I have heard against disabling SSID is this - when not connected to a wireless access point, your laptop/computer/SB/whatever will broadcast packets, basically asking over and over again "is SSID whatchamajig out there?" Someone sniffing packets can then determine your SSID. Now, what they could do with this, I don't know. But there you go.
Now, from a practical perspective, as a consultant who might be in five different buildings and on five different APs on any given day, when I return to my actual office (which has a non-broadcasted SSID) I have had both XP and Vista laptops fail to connect my WiFi. Since neither seem to have a "For serious, connect to this non-broadcast SSID NOW-STYLE" button, I end up changing SSID priority in the wireless card settings...and it magically works. So, I'm an advocate of broadcasting SSID simply becuase that problem goes away. I really don't have anything to say on the subject of hidden SSIDs and SB devices... -- androidtopp My SB3 is the most expensive part of my stereo. So I'm not going to brag about it. And my SBB as well...Is it wrong that my alarm clock is worth more than most of my stereo components? I need to work on that. http://www.last.fm/user/androidtopp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ androidtopp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19681 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29499 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
