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New iMac losing wireless connection
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 379755" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I had trouble with not broadcasting SSID and WPA. Broadcasting SSID and switching to WPA2 corrected the issues. </p><p></p><p>You can safely broadcast SSID. It is a common misconception that not broadcasting will yield better security. Even the weakest wi-fi sniffers can determine an SSID without it being broadcast. By not broadcasting it, you only make your wireless machines work harder to maintain and connect to a hotspot. Also, use a program like <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/networking_security/airportradar.html" target="_blank">AirPort Radar</a> to scan your neighborhood for other wi-fi hotspots and change your channel if someone else is using the same one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 379755, member: 24098"] I had trouble with not broadcasting SSID and WPA. Broadcasting SSID and switching to WPA2 corrected the issues. You can safely broadcast SSID. It is a common misconception that not broadcasting will yield better security. Even the weakest wi-fi sniffers can determine an SSID without it being broadcast. By not broadcasting it, you only make your wireless machines work harder to maintain and connect to a hotspot. Also, use a program like [URL="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/networking_security/airportradar.html"]AirPort Radar[/URL] to scan your neighborhood for other wi-fi hotspots and change your channel if someone else is using the same one. [/QUOTE]
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