The SSID, or Service Set Identifier, of a wireless network is the public name that identifies the network for other devices. You can run two routers with the same SSID to increase the range of your Wi ...

Your wireless router, by default, broadcasts your hotspot's service set identifier, or network name, to nearby computers and other devices. To improve the security of your network, you can configure ...

Nowadays, more people are using a Wi-Fi Router instead of the direct Ethernet port to connect their computers and devices to the Internet, as one internet connection can be distributed on multiple ...

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I'd like to disable SSID for my wireless router, so other users in the area don't see it. However, my computer sometimes inadvertently connects to other unsecured wireless networks in the area, and if ...

Seems like every guide to securing your wireless network tells you to keep your SSID from broadcasting to make your network more secure, but is that really worthwhile? Let's take a look at one of the ...

Let's say you have a bunch of wifi signals with the same SSID and you want to connect to one of those routers specifically because all the rest are set to throttle down the download speed. How can i ...