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Originally Posted by smurph
Arrived late to this party.....I've just got my Linksys based wireless network set up. Everything is working smooth as silk. Two quick questions -
1) SSID hiding - the router set up screens says that SSID broadcasting is disabled, but the wireless adaptor software on my PC's can still see the SSID on a site survey, but only with a valid wireless connection to the router. Can I take it this is normal behaviour?
2) The router has stealthed all my ports, even port 113 with a bit of shifty port-forwarding. Do you guys think it is really necessary to hold onto a software firewall (I'm using Norton 2003 at the mo, it's a resource hog). I am always very careful to avoid viri and spyware anyhow.....
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1. some site surveys can pick up the ssid with wep disabled. Make sure you enable wep or wpa if you have the function. Use mac filtering to secure the network from unauthorised connections. The client will know the ssid as you will have entered this manualy. Without the ssid the card cant talk to the network.
2. you dont need a firewall when you are behind the router but it is a good idea for aplication control. For example setting zone alarm to its lowest security will just control applications that access the internet and not give any firewall type protection. I would recomend that you ditch norton and go with Zone alarm or Kerio personal firewall. Both use far less ram than norton when running.
HTH