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Hiding network
How can you hide the network on a netgear ac1200
Uncheck the Enable SSID Broadcast setting.
FWIW, hiding the network is no longer considered worthwhile. In the old days, when hacking tools were scarce, hiding the SSID was considered an effective way to keep people away. But, hiding the network blocks only one type of Wi-Fi packet known as the beacon message. The SSID is embedded in all other Wi-Fi traffic. Nowadays, Wi-Fi analyzer tools are freely available that can extract the SSID from this traffic without any trouble. Therefore, hiding your network doesn't really offer any protection from the real hackers.
If you want to hind hackers on your wifi turn it off thats only to hide from them but thats not answer anymore in this wireless world today.