Block user to share corporate via hotspot

[Turki.A.Baqatada]

Dears 

Greetings

I have 8510 wireless LAN controller how do I restrict clients using corporate SSIDs to share it via mobile hotspot

[liviu.gheorghe]

When someone shares a mobile hotspot, they are setting up an access point on their mobile phones and sharing the mobile Internet plan they have on their phones. Even if the mobile phone is connected to the corporate SSID, the wireless client on the mobile phone will disconnect that connection in order to act as an access point.

HTH

[Turki.A.Baqatada]

actually what I found the client can share via hotspot the corporate SSID and I tried with someone case as bellow

the client doesn't have Data plan but when he connect to corporate SSID can share internet via hotspot even though when he switch to mobile data will not have internet 

[liviu.gheorghe]

Doing a quick search, it appears that there are mobile phones out there that can do what you are saying to a certain degree.

I think what it happens is that those mobile phones are capable of functioning as a wireless client and as an access point, but the shared wireless SSID is that of the mobile phone, not your corporate SSID.

Can you confirm that the person using the shared wireless connection is connecting to a SSID broadcast by the mobile phone doing the hotspot and not the corporate SSID?

If this is true, then I'm afraid there is not much you can do. The mobile phone is acting as a router - talking to the person using the shared wireless connection on it's own SSID and talking to the corporate SSID as a legitimate wireless client of that SSID.

HTH

[Turki.A.Baqatada]

Thank you for your reply , and I confirm that he is broadcasting our corporate SSID not his mobile data because he doesn't have mobile data plan and when he start using his own mobile data he has no internet 

my question is there any option that I can make my SSID can't be broadcasted ?

[liviu.gheorghe]

You can configure your SSID not to be broadcasted very simple - from Advanced mode, click the WLAN tab, then click on the WLAN (you want to hide) and look for a check box that says "Broadcast SSID". Uncheck this and the SSID is hidden.

This action means your SSID is not visible anymore. User who know it's name and credentials can still connect to it. Also if you connected before to it, your wireless client has an option to remember it and auto-connect to it.

HTH

[Turki.A.Baqatada]

Thank you @liviu.gheorghe for your reply this one I know what I mean that I restrict clients to broadcast my SSID via hotspot to other clients who has not rights to use mine 

[liviu.gheorghe]

You are welcome.