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Old 21st November 2008
richardpl richardpl is offline
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Originally Posted by ai-danno View Post
- SSID Broadcast: If the SSID is always being broadcast then a war-driver will see the network within a short period of time even when there are no clients using it. When the SSID broadcast is turned off, someone has to be using it at the time for a war driver to see the network.
Also think of it like security through obscurity, that is all what hiding SSID is useful for. It also can increase latency, but it is not important in OP case.

Comparing with wired, wireless networks are not very safe/useful under DOS attacks. And anything can't help you in this situation, except if you invest some money in your home decoration
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