wieman01, thanks for this nice how-to! I followed your instructions and it works like a charm.
In a
previous post you linked to an
article that explains that hiding your SSID is not secure at all, and you stated that it makes your system even less secure. Maybe that is true, but why do you, as an expert, then configure your system (in the how-to) such that it
does hide your SSID?
I use my wireless network for my laptop at home, and apart from using WPA2, I have configured it such that it hides my SSID, and that it uses MAC address filtering. I understand that those last two measures don't add (much) security to my system
when I use it.
However, most of the day my laptop is switched off, and I would think that, since there is no wireless traffic then, it is more secure to hide your SSID and use MAC filtering. Or would it still be possible for an attacker to figure out both my SSID and my MAC address while my computer is switched off? My modem/router is on 24/7.
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