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SSID Problem
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10/12/04 8:19am
ilovestuf |
Hello! I have an ipaq 4150, and want to use the wireless network available at my school. The wireless connection isn't broadcast, so I have to enter it manually. The problem is, they have a question mark ("?") in the SSID (WHY?), and my ipaq won't accept the character. Does anyone know how I would go about fixing it? Thanks for any help you can give!
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Sooner Al
They are attempting to hide the network by both not broadcasting the SSID and using a random character SSID. The problem with that, as you have discovered, is some clients will have problems connecting...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811427
In addition cloaking the SSID is not a valid security measure since tools like Kismet...
http://www.kismetwireless.net/
...can easily discover the SSID even when cloaked. They would better serve their clients by not cloaking the SSID and using 128-bit WEP, or better yet WPA with a very long random key...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309369
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_03july28.mspx
Beyond that, you simply need to sweet talk the network administrators to NOT use a SSID with invalid characters, ie. the \/*?"<>| characters...
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"When all else fails, read the instructions..."
Al Jarvi
MS-MVP Windows Networking (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com)
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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"When all else fails, read the instructions..."
Al Jarvi
MS-MVP Windows Networking (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com)
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...