In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Because it contradicts what you're saying. Why not post a link to a 3rd party page corroborating your story?

Anyone with a couple of computers and a wireless router can corroborate the facts. I wonder why you haven't tried it yet?

I did just now. I cleared all registry entries, and setup an AP not broadcasting SSID and associated with one computer. A laptop with a Realtek client running Win7 does not detect the network whatsoever using inSSIDer 2. A laptop with Atheros client running XP detects the network with the SSID name blank.

Aww, you believed everything you read on a website cos it had pictures and a name to it. Cute really.

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Because it contradicts what you're saying. Why not post a link to a 3rd party page corroborating your story?

Anyone with a couple of computers and a wireless router can corroborate the facts. I wonder why you haven't tried it yet?

I did just now. I cleared all registry entries, and setup an AP not broadcasting SSID and associated with one computer. A laptop with a Realtek client running Win7 does not detect the network whatsoever using inSSIDer 2. A laptop with Atheros client running XP detects the network with the SSID name blank.

Aww, you believed everything you read on a website cos it had pictures and a name to it. Cute really.

Because it works for me, that why I was after independent corroboration which I found

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Because it works for me

Haha. You're either a liar. If not, then you have not tested it properly, and have left uncleared registry associations with that AP. If not this, then your AP is malfunctioning and is actually broadcasting the SSID in its transmit beacon. You should report it to the manufacturer immediately.

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Because it works for me

Haha. You're either a liar. If not, then you have not tested it properly, and have left uncleared registry associations with that AP. If not this, then your AP is malfunctioning and is actually broadcasting the SSID in its transmit beacon. You should report it to the manufacturer immediately.

On the contrary, you should take up your issues with Metageek.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

On the contrary, you should take up your issues with Metageek.

I wouldn't do anything so stupid.

Dear Metageek,
I select the option do not broadcast SSID on my AP. It is therefore broadcasting a blank SSID in its transmit beacons. Why does your program show the SSID field as blank?
Yours
A. Numpty

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Says here it does http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/28653/debunking-myths...

Who is he? Why should I care what he says?

Because it contradicts what you're saying. Why not post a link to a 3rd party page corroborating your story?

Try this ...

http://www.metageek.net/forums/showthread.php?4610-n...

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Who is he? Why should I care what he says?

Because it contradicts what you're saying. Why not post a link to a 3rd party page corroborating your story?

Try this ...

http://www.metageek.net/forums/showthread.php?4610-n...

And this

In reference to www.metageek.net/forums/showthread.php?4268-View-Hidden-SSID-s:

Tyler
MetaGeekster

Seeing hidden SSIDs only works sometimes, and only if you are on Windows Vista or 7.

Edited by deleted (Wed 04-Jan-12 23:23:12)

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Try this ...
http://www.metageek.net/forums/showthread.php?4610-n...

Thank you MHC. By the way, Tyler is Tyler Adkisson, the guy who re-wrote inSSIDer to version 2.0. I think that's a pretty good 3rd party to corroborate the facts!

The fact is SSID can only be sniffed out by analyzing probe responses from the AP. This is not how inSSIDer functions, it simply monitors all the transmit beacons reported by the client card. If no SSID is broadcast, this field will be blank for some clients, and for others the beacons will be ignored completely and not passed on to inSSIDer in the first place.