Ad-Hoc Broadcasts SSID?

Question

Using a 2Wire HomePortal 1000HG with SSID broadcast turned off, my wireless laptop still picks up the "hidden" SSID as an unsecured, ad-hoc connection. I have seen similar posts that describe changing a setting to prevent ad-hoc connections through my laptop, but how will this prevent other unauthorized users (which may or may not allow ad-hoc connections) from accessing my network in the same way? Is my portal broadcasting an ad-hoc SSID? I have another PC wired to it, but it has no wireless capability at all. I can find no 2Wire setting to prevent ad-hoc connections.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

honestly I would not worry about it. routers and AP broadcast the SSID to each other in plain text, there is nothing you can do about it.

any kind of wireless network analyzer can pick up your SSID, I use them all the time when installing wireless networks in residential homes...

Answer 2

advert-hoc connections are computer to computer. you may not set up an advert-hoc connection to an get admission to factor or wireless portal. in case you browse the available on the spot connections and notice an advert-hoc community, it is somebody else's computer, not a connection on your wireless portal. on your on the spot settings you may shrink connections to infrastructure basically. which will ward off incoming advert-hoc connections on your device and forestall you from connecting to different advert-hoc networks inadvertantly.