topic Re: AP350 Beaconing in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46772#M195331 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Under setup -&gt; AP radio -&gt; hardware you can see a "Allow "broadcast" SSID to associate" yes/no radio button. Selecting no will disable broadcast SSID</P><P></P><P>Turning off broadcast-SSID removes the SSID from the beacons (which are sent every 100ms by default), but the SSID is still visible in all probe-request/response frames (much less frequent, but **easily** sniffed by anyone with the intent to hack a WLAN).</P><P> </P><P>My take is also that disabling broadcast-SSID is **not** a security precaution. SSID is the **NAME** of the WLAN. However, most WLAN security articles in the press mention turning broadcast-SSID off as part of a security policy (without really justifying how it makes the network any more secure).</P><P></P><P>If you are looking to make your wireless LAN more secure, you should look into LEAP, VPN or many of the other security solutions available.</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:57:44 GMT bmcmurdo 2002-09-25T01:57:44Z AP350 Beaconing https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46771#M195330 <P>How do I stop the AP350 from beaconing the SSID?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Dan Laden</P> Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:25:18 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46771#M195330 dladen 2021-07-05T06:25:18Z Re: AP350 Beaconing https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46772#M195331 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Under setup -&gt; AP radio -&gt; hardware you can see a "Allow "broadcast" SSID to associate" yes/no radio button. Selecting no will disable broadcast SSID</P><P></P><P>Turning off broadcast-SSID removes the SSID from the beacons (which are sent every 100ms by default), but the SSID is still visible in all probe-request/response frames (much less frequent, but **easily** sniffed by anyone with the intent to hack a WLAN).</P><P> </P><P>My take is also that disabling broadcast-SSID is **not** a security precaution. SSID is the **NAME** of the WLAN. However, most WLAN security articles in the press mention turning broadcast-SSID off as part of a security policy (without really justifying how it makes the network any more secure).</P><P></P><P>If you are looking to make your wireless LAN more secure, you should look into LEAP, VPN or many of the other security solutions available.</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:57:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46772#M195331 bmcmurdo 2002-09-25T01:57:44Z Re: AP350 Beaconing https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46773#M195332 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the info...I will try it late this week.</P><P></P><P>We currently use LEAP to enhance security but I did not want an idle AP to announce itself to the world.</P><P></P><P>Thanks, </P><P>Dan Laden</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Sep 2002 03:01:18 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ap350-beaconing/m-p/46773#M195332 dladen 2002-09-25T03:01:18Z