How to hide your wireless network?

How to hide a computer in a wireless network

There are many ways to hide your computer in a wireless network. For example, click Start/run and Enter cmd to open the Command Prompt window, in this window, enter "net config server/hidden: yes", or in the Properties window of wireless network connection, cancel "file and printer sharing in Microsoft Network ", in this way, other people cannot find their computers through their network neighbors.

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WinXP automatically manages wireless networks by default. In fact, it is necessary to allow the system to automatically connect to wireless networks only when you need to access wireless network resources, therefore, you can cancel the "use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" option, which is not only safe, but also saves more resources. Or click the "advanced" button to cancel "automatically connect to a non-preferred network", so that the system will not easily connect to a wireless network that was not previously detected.

The wireless router is invisible but accessible

The most direct way to hide a wireless router in the air is to stop the SSID broadcast. The SSID broadcast function allows the client to search for the wireless network created by the wireless router, although this makes it easier for users to access wireless networks, it also facilitates illegal access. Therefore, it is best to disable it in scenarios requiring security, such as the company network.

In this way, the wireless network created by the wireless router cannot be searched as usual by using the WinXP or wireless network adapter. To access the wireless network, you can only manually add the preferred network and specify the SSID name.

Hiding SSID broadcast cannot deal with NetStumber. It can still detect hidden wireless networks. Therefore, some functions of the wireless router must be used, this includes stopping the DHCP service and modifying the default IP address of the LAN port. Because the SSID of the wireless network is broadcasted outward, even if the wireless network is detected, if intruders do not obtain or configure IP addresses in the same network segment as the wireless router, they still cannot connect to the wireless router. This is also a prerequisite for TCP/IP network communication, that is, the IP addresses of devices in the same network must be in the same network segment.

The content of wireless networks and routers we have introduced a lot in previous articles. This article only introduces a skill and I hope you have mastered it.