No.

Blank SSIDs are presented as "unknown" or blank with a MAC adress or a brand
name.

Mac filtering is part of securing a network, and 128bits WEP keys should be
changed every week; so if you want more security without having the
possibility to have 256 or 512 bit WEP, WPA with a strong passphrase and a
radius server is best.

Ciao @+



Adair Witner wrote:

>
> "Jim" <jcgc50@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:vhlEh.4662$3b5.898@newsfe24.lga...
>>I use a linksys router and laptop. I currently have it set to not
>>broadcast the SSID, WPA PSK, Mac filtering.
>>
>> My primary intent is to protect the data on my computer. Does this really
>> have that effect or does this just help prevent someone from hopping a
>> free ride on my network? If that is all that I am accomplishing I can
>> reduce the level of security.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I also have a work laptop and the geniuses with
>> my company have configured it in such a way that I can't get it
>> connected, at least with this level of security.I have been told that it
>> should work setting it to WEP.
>
> Turning off SSID broadcast and mac filtering arn't very good ways of
> securing a network.
> Mac addresses can be spoofed very easily and not broadcasting your SSID
> means that someone else will likely not see your using a channel and plop
> on top of you.
>
> WEP is not very secure at all it can take someone with the right tools
> under 10 minutes to crack a wep key.
> WPA is much harder to crack and so long as you have a 7+ digit random
> (number, letters and Caps) shared key you're likely to be fine.
> It's not to say that mac filtering is a bad idea, if someone did get in
> they would again have a harder time but it would not take long for them to
> figure that out either.
>
> Adair