SSID or Service Set Identifier is a user friendly name used to identify an 802.11 wireless LAN ( local area network), your router.īy default most routers will broadcast their SSID which makes it easy for devices like laptops, mobile phones, PS3, and others to find your router. As I walked her through this I realized that perhaps others do not know how to add networks manually and so this article will walk you through the process. I forgot to update her security settings so I had to sit with her on the phone and walk her through the process of adding a router that is not broadcasting its SSID and the new security settings. Today I received a call from my wife that she could not find the wireless network from her work laptop and she needed to get online.
One of the features I disabled was SSID broadcasting. I recently upgraded my router and beefed up security quite a bit. If you have this feature enabled you will find that adding a network device requires additional steps that you may not be familiar with. Although elementary as a security measure, disabling the routers ability to broadcast its SSID is still used by many and I feel it is an added layer that will keep snoopers away.
