Re: Broadcasting Off
Ronald Pijnacker <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.prism54.user |
|---|---|
| Organization | Philips Medical Systems - MIT - Development - A & T |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> I think you should play with the DOT11_OID_SSIDOVERRIDE oid. With it, > you should be able to broadcast a fake ssid. > > ...And justice for all > > NeCrOS wrote: > >Is it possible ??? it's good security mesurement, turn off broadcasting > >option... Users don't know SSID, won't connected with it . I've read an article that disabling broadcast might be bad for throughput. And it's not much of a security measure either. Sniffing the air is enough to detect other traffic. This will also reveal the SSID, amongst other things. Ronald.