Strangers won't see your wireless network, making it more difficult to hack. The downside is that when you want to add new devices, they won't be able to see it automtically either. You will need to manually enter the network ID.
Prevents users from seeing the wireless network.
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The SSID you use is the one for your own wireless network, you set it when you set up the wireless router. So if your network is named 'MyInternet', that's the name your router is broadcasting. That's the SSID that the PSP needs.
You need to disable broadcasting of SSID.
Actually if you choose to broadcast SSID security of your network is even lower.
security
The simple wireless configuration technique that can make the network invisible to unauthorized users are disable SSID broadcasting. This will disable the network from being broadcasted.
When your modem is broadcasting you should see it on the SSID list. This list is the current broadcasting systems in your area.
The SSID is the identifying 'name' of a wireless network. The PSP can connect to wireless networks, you can set it to scan for one, or if you already know the name, enter it manually.Obviously the SSID will be different for every PSP, but the SSID itself is a property of the wireless network, not the PSP itself, you're just entering it into the PSP so it can recognise and access that network.
An SSID is the 'name' of a wireless network, it doesn't have to be a number.
The ssid is used for identifying you wireless network so you can see which network is your and which is your neighbors
SSID
unnamed network
SSID stands for Service Set IDentifier. it is the name of the wireless network you are connecting to.