Your Wi-Fi name leaks more about you than your IP address ever could.

Okay, there is one scenario where hiding your SSID can make your wireless network less secure. If a cracker detects that you’ve disabled SSID broadcasting, he might think you’ve done it because you’ve ...

Here are Part I and Part II. Here is an overview of the steps you'll go through in this section: As previously mentioned, routers from the same manufacturers all come with the same password. Although ...

I have 3 routers, 2 are in wireless access point mode. All share the same SSID but broadcast out on different channels. 1= ch-1, 2= ch-6, 3= ch-11 2.4 Ghz network. Is this correct for them? The 3 ...

Researchers at Belgium's KU Leuven discovered a fundamental design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that gives attackers a way to trick victims into connecting with a less secure wireless ...

A Wi-Fi signal is a broadcast-based communication. This is what makes it so easy to use — instead of dealing with the limitations of physically connecting with a network cable, you can simultaneously ...

Since Windows 11/10 does not provide a way to hide the hotspot SSID and make it private, we will need to do it through our phones, where we enable the hotspot. To do so, follow the steps mentioned ...