topic Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two? in Full Fibre

Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

sg75 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:20:03 GMT

Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

Looked through the settings but can't find an option to do it.

Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

dvorak — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:40:39 GMT

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Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

198kHz — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:44:56 GMT

@sg75 Welcome to the forum. 🙂

Any particular reason why you'd want to? 🤔

Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

bobpullen — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:48:46 GMT

@sg75 I don't believe you can.

Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

sg75 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:05:57 GMT

@198kHz I was ho[ping to make my router more secure by hiding it's ssid. It's still password protected. I have always hidden them in the past.

Re: Can you disable 'broadcast ssid' on a hub two?

198kHz — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:18:02 GMT

@sg75 wrote:

@198kHz I was ho[ping to make my router more secure by hiding it's ssid.

A worthy aim, of course, but it's still discoverable by any semi-competent hacker, and only serves, IMHO, to make you a more interesting target - what's this guy trying to hide?

Interesting summary of all the pros and cons here .