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Stef500
Aspirant
Nov 30, 2016

Problems with Advanced Settings and WiFi

Hi§ Just bought yesterday the Orbi and I'm very pleased with it. However I have a problem: when I'm in wifi settings in advanced, I can't make any change. I'd like to hide SSID and activate MU-MIM...
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peteytesting
Hero
Dec 01, 2016
Stef500 wrote:

Please help me because it's important that I hide my SSID ( someone already stole my wifi ).

Thanks.

 

 

hi hoding ssid is utterly useless as a security measure

 

suggest you have a read of

 

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN

http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-six-dumbest-ways-to-secure-a-wireless-lan/

 

if the person has the ability to hack wpa2 ( and the time ) hiding ssid isnt going to stop them + also makes some clients not connect

 

 

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    Stef500
    Aspirant
    Dec 01, 2016

    ok thanks.

    I read it and it's very useful.