Paul Harper <paul@harper.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:43:45 +0100, Alex Heney <me8@privacy.net>
>wrote:
>
>>But it is still a good idea to secure your own network - and change the
>>SSID. If you don't change the SSID, then any neighbours with the same brand
>>of router will have the same SSID, and your laptops won't usually know
>>which one they are accessing.
>
>Agreed. And setting the router to not broadcast the SSID is good too.

That is *not* a good idea. It acomplishes nothing of value, but
it does make it difficult for people to *avoid* your network.

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