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Many Wireless Access Point (WAP) vendors have added a configuration option which lets you disable broadcasting of the SSID.
SSID should always be on, because anybody can use Free internet and tap your secure data as well.

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Posted by waqasahmad

SSID should always be on, because anybody can use Free internet and tap your secure data as well.

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Posted by mariuspaul

Becuase it basically provides authentication at wireless network.

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Posted by fawad

SSID is basically a secret key which is needed when to want to join 802.11 network.

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Posted by Hash007

Please visit following link for completer information about SSID and its security importance:

http://askbobrankin.com/hide_your_ssid.html

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Posted by sagitraz