From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 18:39:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB2416A404 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1E943D45 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:39:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:39:52 +0200 id 0003980E.4453B2F8.0001270C Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:39:52 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20060429183952.GA67391@arwen.nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: ssid broadcast X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:39:53 -0000 Is it possible to have a wifi card in hostap mode NOT to broadcast its ssid (like most routers can)? I have one in one of my hosts and this is not secure (as I understand). Mimimal security would be not to broadcast and have wep on. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve