Enabling or Disabling the SSID Broadcast

If the service set identifier (SSID) broadcast function is enabled, the broadcasts the SSID of the wireless local area network (WLAN) facilitating clients' access to the WLAN. The disadvantage is that unauthorized clients can also access the WLAN. If the SSID broadcast is disabled, the does not broadcast the SSID of the WLAN. So the SSID must be entered manually and correctly from a client before the client accesses the WLAN. This improves the security of the WLAN.

Procedure

1. Choose > > .
2. From the SSID list, choose the SSID you want to change, and click .
3. Set .
   • : to enable the SSID broadcast.
   • : to disable the SSID broadcast.
4. Click .
   NOTE:

   During the process of setting up the WLAN, you can set the SSID broadcast to to facilitate the access from clients. After the WLAN is set up, set the SSID broadcast to to improve the security of the WLAN.