Re: Wireless network (802.11b) Constantly being seen as a new one?

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From: Ed Nuxters (ed_at_nuxters.com)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:25:27 -0500

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 06:19:47 -0500, "Richard G. Harper"
<rgharper@email.com> wrote:

>The only problem with disabling SSID is that it won't prevent anyone from
>hacking your network. All it will do is deter the casual passer-by from
>seeing it easily. The determined hacker will sniff packets and will soon
>enough be able to deduce the SSID from the traffic on your wireless network.

Thats fine. One more step may be a drop in the ocean, but its still
part of the ocean. Or somethig like that.

I seem to have it working. I have SSID turned off and its not giving
me any disconnect messages since I installed SP2.

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