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[L&LD]

And if doing what sfx2000 suggests doesn't work, did you create new ssid's for both bands?

 

[guitarslingerzero]

Figured it out- had Wireless MAC filtering on. Worked for the iPad when I entered it's MAC address, but not the iPhone.

Is using the MAC filter worth it?

Edited to note that without MAC filter on the iPhone finds the 5g just fine.

 

[sfx2000]

Is using the MAC filter worth it?

no, not these days - just have a robust WPA2 passphrase is all that is really needed..

 

[guitarslingerzero]

Awesome. Thanks so much for all your help, L&LD and sfx!

 

[L&LD]

Figured it out- had Wireless MAC filtering on. Worked for the iPad when I entered it's MAC address, but not the iPhone.

Is using the MAC filter worth it?

Edited to note that without MAC filter on the iPhone finds the 5g just fine.

As sfx2000 has already suggested, using old school jujitsu wifi moves on modern equipment is usually at the expense of the owner's frustration with no benefit at all for actually protecting against anyone from getting into your network.

 

[TheManFromUncle]

I still believe hiding SSID's gives a small added benefit(if also using WPA2 and a strong password). It doesn't hurt.

 

[L&LD]

Actually, according to some posts here, it does hurt. Slower WiFi for all.

 

[TheManFromUncle]

Actually, according to some posts here, it does hurt. Slower WiFi for all.

I am sure that the difference it makes in speeds is extremely small. I would rather have an added benefit towards security(although small) and loose a little speed.

 

[sfx2000]

I am sure that the difference it makes in speeds is extremely small. I would rather have an added benefit towards security(although small) and loose a little speed.

zero benefit to suppressing the SSID - just adds inconvenience when trying to provision new devices...

 

[TheManFromUncle]

zero benefit to suppressing the SSID - just adds inconvenience when trying to provision new devices...

But... other than it taking a bit longer to write the SSID instead of just choosing it, any other disadvantages?

 

[htismaqe]

Some devices won't associate with non-broadcast SSIDs.

 

[TheManFromUncle]

Some devices won't associate with non-broadcast SSIDs.

Never had that problem.

 

[htismaqe]

Then consider yourself lucky.

The real issue is that it doesn't add any extra security, except perhaps a false sense of it.

The 80/20 rule no longer applies to SSIDs. Back in the day, not broadcasting the SSID locked out the casual browsers and script kiddies because wireless tools weren't widely available.

Now they're everywhere and a lot of common hardware/software packages even include site survey apps now. So you're not really keeping anybody in the dark, not even your neighbor's 13-year old.

 

[L&LD]

I am sure that the difference it makes in speeds is extremely small. I would rather have an added benefit towards security(although small) and loose a little speed.

Never had that problem.

I can't find a post right now, but I'm sure the speed drop wasn't small.

And when you do get a device which cannot associate with your hidden ssid, that will be the slowest of all.

 

[htismaqe]

I've used Linux distro's that won't connect to a hidden SSID and I have a Motorola Droid X2 that won't either.

 

[TheManFromUncle]

Thanks for the opinions about hiding SSID. I appreciate it.

 

[sfx2000]

I can't find a post right now, but I'm sure the speed drop wasn't small.

Shouldn't be any impact on performance with a cloaked SSID - it's still there...

 

[L&LD]

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac68u-wireless-problem-if-ssid-is-hidden.17838/

Here is one post I found, but the one I'm thinking of involved Mbps (or was it MB/s) differences.

 

[sfx2000]

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac68u-wireless-problem-if-ssid-is-hidden.17838/

Here is one post I found, but the one I'm thinking of involved Mbps (or was it MB/s) differences.

Think that might have been a one-off glitch in a specific release - but hiding SSID does nothing to improve security, and like I've mentioned earlier, causes more problems than it solves..