I turned off SSID broagcast and now I noticed I have 2 signals, one with no name and one with my original name. What should I do now to get rid of one?
Also in my system tray, my dell signal say low and my windows (little PC with signal comming out) says Excellent.
Thanks,
Neil
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masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook
dont worry. be happy.
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Well if you still see your name and you turned off SSID broadcast then someone may have spoofed your wifi. The dell wifi monitor may represent wifi differently then the windows version.
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When you turn off SSID, how is it displayed? I see no name and only the signal level and the lock key.
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What wireless card do you have in your laptop? Does Windows manage your wireless connections?
It is possible that your laptop is simply remembering the old network connection. -
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps), for Inspiron 9400/E1705
And I am using Windows to manage wireless network.
Thanks for all your effort and time,
Neil -
If you refresh your network list and/or remove the old wireless network, does the network reappear?
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i will try removing ..... I name one Neil and then when I turned off SSID, there is one with no name. Should I remove the Neil one and then connect to the blank one correct?
Neil -
Yes. Remove all of them. Then manually specify a connection to a network called Neil, or whatever you set your SSID to be. SSID is still important, even though you aren't broadcasting it. Someone may also just broadcasting a "blank" SSID somehow.
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My SSID is named Neil, but I turned off the SSID broadcast, so maybe the Neil is the correct one and the blank one is someone elses? Best way is turn off router and see if both goes away
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It doesn't matter what your SSID is. If it isn't broadcast, you can't see it. Once you connect to your router, you will see the SSID.
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