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t1n0m3n

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May 11th, @02:19AM
reply to curious in Tulsa
Re: Can One SSID Be More Secure Than Another?

Since the SSID is clear text inside of a packet sent, it does not make sense to have a randomly generated SSID. Anyone with a wireless sniffer can see the SSID anyway (even if it is set as "hidden"). I would suggest, however, that the SSID that you choose not give any information out (like SmithFamilyWiFi or some such SSID.) Personally, since I have several SSIDs, I name mine WiFi-A, WiFi-B, WiFi-G, etc...

I do totally agree with the very long, randomly generated PSKs though. Make sure that the randomly generated PSK has all four character sets (lower case, caps, numbers, and symbols.)
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