On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:10:11 +0200 Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > I take the point about changing and hiding the name are different > things. However, as some of the commenters on the blog cited by > you point out, the situation may be different for a home LAN > from a larger or commercial site.
Strictly speaking, those comments are wrong and (the one I read) come from not very well informed people. But they actually have a point, I believe that there may be far too much concern about the security thing. The problem is that you never know when the bad thing is going to happen. I stated before in this list that I wouldn't have much trouble with my neighbours connecting my network for a limited usage; I still hold this but I changed my mind about allowing that to happen, after all we do not live in an ideal world. > Neighbours may connect to a > broadcast ESSID even without meaning to; I've done this myself > in the past and so have our neighbours, who kindly advised me of > the fact. That can only happen if you leave the network completely open, i.e. no encryption whatsoever. If, after all, you are not concerned about security, you can just set WEP and you don't have to hide any ssid. To be honest, when I first set my network up I did actually hide the ssid broadcast, only to realize that it gave me some problems and solved none. On the other hand, about my comment about your neighbours' network overlapping yours because they don't "see" it...well, in practical terms, I guess it will always have to be yourself the one worrying with these things; I doubt many people actually scan the ether in order to decide the frequency channel of their wifi LAN. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
