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Originally posted by wro6278
What is ssid shut off?
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SSID is the name of your network, (wireless access points have a default network name that you should always change immediately in the setup) with it turned on it broadcasts the name of your wireless network and anyone can connect to it if you don't have any security enabled.
SSID should be turned off or to "not broadcast" on the wireless access point if you don't have WEP and/or MAC address filtering going or you just don't want every juvenile idiot with a wireless setup using your internet connection for free or trying to hack into your network. With SSID off, the outside user must know the name of your network (as set in your access point) in order to use your access point.
A determined wardriver can still break into your network with a packet sniffer but turning off your network identification slows them down a bit so hopefully they'd look for easier pickings someplace else.