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JCocivera
Aspirant
Jan 15, 2019
Solved

Cannot hide SSID - WAC730

Hey everyone,   Apologies if this is the wrong location. Wasn't sure where would be a good location.    I have a WAC730 and I am doing some testing on the 5.0 GHz network. Next to "Broadcast ...
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  • JCocivera's avatar
    JCocivera
    Jan 22, 2019

    Ended up restarting the router out of desperation and this fixed the problem. 

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 15, 2019

Have ad-hoc enabled an SSID on both 2.4 and 5 GHz set to broadcast disabled - and the SSID does not show up on air. Firmware is 3.9.0.3 on a WC730. 

 

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JCocivera
Aspirant
Jan 16, 2019

Thanks for the assistance! I am not seeing ad-hoc in your screenshot though. 

 

Apologies if I am misunderstanding. 

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    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 16, 2019

    It was just an ad-hoc test, unrelated to the names choosen. 8-)

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