On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:33:04 -0800, Floyd L. Davidson in message
<news:871x5jusnz.fld@barrow.com> wrote:

> 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.

Huh?

It certainly does no such thing. Unless, of course, you have left it to the
default value, which both Paul and I were suggesting be changed first.

It means that "casual" browsers won't see it at all, so there is no danger
of them connecting to it. It most certainly does not make it difficult for
them to avoid it.


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