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More info?)
Rumor is that a firmware update may correct this in the
future. My take on it is that I am not holding my
breath... Funny thing is that a friend of mine just
upgraded to a MN-700 and under the wireless settings there
is the option to not broadcast SSID - which is somewhat
hilarious as that would result in having some of their own
MS BN) devices being unable to connect to it...
SK
>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a solution for not broadcasting SSID? Did I
>just waste my money on a Microsoft product...
>
>>I did some experimenting and found that I can turn off
>the
>>Broadcast SSID and the adapter will stay connected - it
>is
>>only required in the creation of the connection. The
>>problem comes when a reboot of the system occurs, the
>>conenction will not be re-estabilshed. I think a part
>of
>>the problem is that the driver doesn't like having a
>null
>>value in the SSID. When the BN wizard is searching for
>>systems it sees it just fine, just isn't happy that
>there
>>isn't a name. Funny as it seems windows (XP) is
>handling
>>my setting and on a similiar device (with windows also
>>handling the settings) from another company it works.
>>Sounds more like a driver issue than a firmware issue...
>>
>>Just some observations...
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>It used to work before the most recent upgrade to the
>MN-
>>>500 series hardware... so I really don't understand why
>>>it has become so difficult to get it working again.
>>>
>>>I believe you need to call MS support to file a
>>>complaint, or post a message to hnbugs@microsoft...
>>>
>>>Anyway, even without SSID broadcasting on, it easy to
>>>locate and break a wireless 802.11b network even with
>WEP
>>>on (and that may explain the low priority for fixing
>the
>>>SSID broadcast). The problem with WEP is not a MS
>>>problem, but a flaw on the WEP standard itself.
>>>
>>>To improve security most of us have MAC filtering
>turned
>>>on (or switched to 802.11g). On my MN-500 network
>segment
>>>I simply turned ICF on all machines and use a VPN
>between
>>>them (which may be a bit overkill).
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Did I read somewhere that this is is a know issue? I
>>>>just purchased a MN-510 that will not connect to my
>>>>router unless the SSID is broadcast. I didn't sign up
>>>>for creating a huge security hole in my network... If
>>>>this is a know issue, when can we expect a fix?? I
>use
>>>>two other brand wireless adapters that don't require
>>>this
>>>>and would expect the same from Microsoft hardware...
>>>>
>>>>Any info would be greatly appreciated...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
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>>>
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