You can operate your wireless LAN either in public or private mode. A wireless LAN in public mode can be contacted by any mobile station in the area. Your wireless LAN is put into private mode by activating the closed network function. In this operation mode, mobile stations that do not know the network name (SSID) are excluded from taking part in the wireless LAN.
With the closed-network mode activated, WLAN clients that use an empty SSID or the SSID "ANY" are prevented from associating with your network.
The option Suppress SSID broadcast provides the following settings:
- No: The access point broadcasts the radio cell's SSID. When a client sends a probe request with an empty or incorrect SSID, the access point responds with the SSID of the radio cell (public WLAN).
- Yes: The access point does not broadcast the radio cell's SSID. When a client sends a probe request with an empty SSID, the device similarly responds with an empty SSID.
- Tightened: The access point does not broadcast the radio cell's SSID. When a client sends a probe request with a blank or incorrect SSID, the device does not respond.
Note: Simply suppressing the SSID broadcast does not provide adequate protection: When legitimate WLAN clients associate with the access point, this transmits the SSID in plain text so that it is briefly visible to all clients in the WLAN network.
- Telnet path:
- Telnet path:
- Possible values:
- No
- Yes
- Tightened
- Default:
- No