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King_Ice_Flash · 01-27-2004

Yes, some new routers broadcast a blank ssid instead of not broadcasting it. Windows XP will detect that the network is there, but won't give you the SSID. This makes it more difficult to get the SSID. Kismet will pick up the SSID when a computer connects to it. In either case, NS will not pick up the SSID anyway, so the NS users are hosed. Kismet users will just have to sit there longer.

01-27-2004	#2 (permalink)
King_Ice_Flash Alien Paranoid Stumbler Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 2,658	Yes, some new routers broadcast a blank ssid instead of not broadcasting it. Windows XP will detect that the network is there, but won't give you the SSID. This makes it more difficult to get the SSID. Kismet will pick up the SSID when a computer connects to it. In either case, NS will not pick up the SSID anyway, so the NS users are hosed. Kismet users will just have to sit there longer. __________________ "Yeah," said a voice from under the table, "you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel."