[arm-allstar] SSID Broadcasting for Wi-Fi (Required ?)

[Doug Crompton]

Travis,

 I do not believe the SSID needs to be transmitted in order to connect. You
obviously need to know what it is and once it is setup in the file it
should connect regardless of whether it is being displayed. Users often
turn off the SSID transmission to be more obscure.

Also if you have multiple wlan SSID's in the file and they are active and
available there is no guarantee in what order they will be connected. So if
you have home wifi and the hotspot on and your are within range of both you
could get either. Also never have wifi and wired active at the same time.
If you want to use wired go into the menu and turn off wifi.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 3:15 PM, "Travis French via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> I would like to piggyback the recent "Pi Issue" topic as I had just
> configured my portable node last night to be able to switch from my home
> wireless to my mobile wireless. Following the how-to and letting the
> software create each .wifi file as needed was pretty straight forward.
>
> My question is, can/will this script call on an access point that is not
> broadcasting its SSID? My thinking was that it does not by default. After
> configuring it last night, I switched my mobile hotspot to not broadcast
> thinking that once set up there would be no need for it. While trying it
> out on the way to work this morning, I found that without it broadcasting
> the SSID, it would not connect so I had to turn it back on.
>
> Again, can this be forced to connect even if I am not broadcasting the
> SSID?
>
> Lastly, I am doing this through my Verizon phone as a hotspot. I am not
> sure yet what to expect quality-wise. An alternate I may consider is the
> 4G-LTE that "could" be available through my vehicle. I don’t currently have
> it activated. Why pay twice unless the performance is that much better. I
> still like the portable idea as I would then not be tied to my vehicle.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Travis E. French - K2PCB
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