topic ssid in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ssid/m-p/149451#M77286 <P>Dear all</P><P></P><P> The 802.11 standard does not require that the Access Point broadcast the Service Set ID. This phrase is right or wrong</P><P> I see the document which said we can set ,can you tell me answer</P><P></P><P>thanks a lot</P><P></P><P></P><P></P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:51:26 GMT admin_2 2021-07-04T15:51:26Z ssid https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ssid/m-p/149451#M77286 <P>Dear all</P><P></P><P> The 802.11 standard does not require that the Access Point broadcast the Service Set ID. This phrase is right or wrong</P><P> I see the document which said we can set ,can you tell me answer</P><P></P><P>thanks a lot</P><P></P><P></P><P></P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:51:26 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ssid/m-p/149451#M77286 admin_2 2021-07-04T15:51:26Z Re: ssid https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ssid/m-p/149452#M77287 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My copy that I was looking at maybe a little out of date (1999)</P><P></P><P>But it clearly shows in there that SSID is a required field in the beacon frame.</P><P></P><P>Having said that most vendors have relized the limitations of this and give you the option to turn it off and a lot of cards will work fine if this is not broadcasted.</P><P></P><P>If you want your AP to be configured strictly to the standards leave it on (default) if not you have the option to turn it off</P><P></P><P>Does this answer your questions</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:42:09 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/ssid/m-p/149452#M77287 derwin 2003-07-15T02:42:09Z