[Prism54-users] Broadcasting Off

[Ronald Pijnacker]

> 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.