On Monday, 6 February 2017 17:59:28 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > hide the SSID. > > You may not want to bother doing this as there are downsides, especially > if you take any of those devices elsewhere. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_cloaking > I just plumped for a SSID that matched the pattern of the majority of my > neighbours so I didn't stand out.
I understand what that is saying, but I'm not just relying on cloaking; I'm using MAC Adress filtering too (as well as WPA2 PSK encryption). My main reason for using it is to reduce the chances of some young up and coming geek from even trying to hack me. > > The wireless connects fine until I hide the SSID and then the > > Transformer reports that there is no Internet and there is no wireless > > symbol in the task bar. I'm assuming that you're refering to the following extract: 'Worse still, because a station must probe for a hidden SSID, a fake access point can offer a connection.' Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't that fake AP have to spoof the MAC Address of my Router or know what the SSID was? > I think I had that in that past, it certainly seems common for Android > according to Google. Most success seems to come from deleting Android's > entry added when the SSID was beaconed, and then re-entering the details > manually, remembering it's all case sensitive. > http://androidforums.com/threads/connecting-to-wifi-network-with-a-hidden-ss > id.123819/#post-7450833 Yes. That worked. I can only assume that Android's default method stores the credentials against the SSID, whereas the 'Saved' method (and other OSs) store it against the MAC Address of the Access Point. Anyway they all connect to hidden networks; even my Raspberry Pi! -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-02-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:[email protected] / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
