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 From:  Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net>
 To:  Robert Boardman <robb at boardman dot me dot uk>
 Cc:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: [m0n0wall] wireless ssid
 Date:  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 21:41:35 +0100 
On 04.01.2004, at 21:03, Robert Boardman wrote:

> I ve hread the you can make the wireless connection a bit more secure 
> wby not broadcasting the ssid, is this the case?

Well, security by obscurity.

> if so how caan I turn off the ssid bradcast with M0n0wall acting as 
> the host ap

You can't. As far as I know, FreeBSD, the underlying operating system, 
does not support turning off SSID broadcasts.

- Manuel