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AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide

 

 

Does Prohibiting the Broadcast SSID Enhance Security?

You can suppress (prohibit) this broadcast to discourage stations from automatically discovering your access point. When the AP’s broadcast SSID is suppressed, the network name will not be displayed in the List of Available Networks on a client station. Instead, the client must have the exact network name configured in the supplicant before it will be able to connect.

Disabling the broadcast SSID is sufficient to prevent clients from accidentally connecting to your network, but it will not prevent even the simplest of attempts by a hacker to connect, or monitor unencrypted traffic.

This offers a very minimal level of protection on an otherwise exposed network (such as a guest network) where the priority is making it easy for clients to get a connection and where no sensitive information is available.

Navigating to Security Settings

To set the security mode, navigate to the Security tab, and update the fields as described below.

Figure 22: Security Setting Page

Configuring Security Settings

The following configuration information explains how to configure security modes on the access point. Keep in mind that each wireless client that wants to exchange data with the access point must be configured with the same security mode and encryption key settings consistent with access point security.

These Security Settings apply to both radios.

Note: Security modes other than Plain-text apply only to configuration of the "Internal" network. On the "Guest" network, you can use only Plain-text mode. (For more information about guest networks, see “Setting up Guest Access”.)