Thanks Lee and Tom, don’t want to become paranoid but wanted to understand.
Appreciate it. John > On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:27 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Since this problem seers into your mind every safety feature possible he >> used to set up his dad’s network and one was to make it invisible. >> >> How is this done? I have looked for post, most are very old and they do >> show a way…but…how do you get back into the network to update settings or to >> make changes if you can’t see it? > > Most routers have the option to turn off the SSID broadcast. If you do so, > the network won’t show up in the list of available WiFi networks, but you can > still connect to it by manually typing in the network name. > >> There must be pro’s and con’s to this, what do you think? > > It might be somewhat useful as a security measure, but doesn’t hide your > network from programs such as iStumbler or WiFi Explorer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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