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reply to StuartMW

Re: How often do you change your Wi-Fi SSID/Passphrase?

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reply to StuartMW
Which character(s) are not allowed in SSID's and WLAN passwords?

»forum.snom.com/index.php?showtopic=6785
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The following six characters are not allowed: ?, ", $, [, \, ],
and +. In addition, the following three characters cannot be the first
character: !, #, and ;.

»www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/wirele···ity.html

reply to StuartMW
The (non-broadcasting) SSID and the WPA passphrase for my production WiFi AP is etched in granite, and is unlikely to change unless I see some router/firewall log entries that indicate a problem (not likely to happen with the maximum length non-dictionary mixed alpha-numeric-special character passphrase I use). I turn on a special guest AP for visitors (which uses MAC filtering and no encryption), so I don't have a need to change anything on my normal WiFi since only permanently authorized devices are allowed access.

OTOH, I do occasionally change the SSID on my intermittently operated honeypot so that I can attract new victims visitors.
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I have a guest network which isolates each client, but no one uses it. My guests just connect to the unsecured 'linksys' access point next door.

That doesn't really bother me, and it means my guests don't suck-up my bandwidth.

Really? I have a guest net that has 60 gigs for usage by them. I wouldn't think of letting them leech/ steal from a neighbour.
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reply to StuartMW
I only change SSIDs and passphrases if I were to change my wireless APs/routers, redo firmwares, etc. I never use the same ones between them.

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reply to StuartMW
I've never changed mine......actually I still use WEP. I live among older folks that could care less about my wireless connection, lol.

I take the necessary precautions however. The ONLY reason I use wep is because an OLD wireless router I use as a repeater only supprts wep.

reply to StuartMW
lol die hard WEP fan! ahahah

reply to StuartMW

said by StuartMW:

said by Name Game:

The following six characters are not allowed: ?, ", $, [, \, ] and +.

I did some checking and apparently the IEEE 802.11 standard doesn't say anything about prohibited characters. Cisco doesn't allow the ones you quote but other vendors do

I also found that although SSID's can be 32 chars long some devices only allow 31 (31 plus nul terminator makes 32 total).

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 2nd ed., p. 254

reply to StuartMW
I'm with Juggernaut - I only change the SSID if I think of something funnier. The password I actually only shortened - try typing some long-ass password on a shaky Wii controller keyboard and you'll understand! (It's still a short phrase, though)
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reply to StuartMW
Haven't changed either of mine in a few years. Using WPA2-AES.

I live in a low income neighborhood and 2WIRE SSIDs seem to dominate. I appear to be the only guy with a creative touch for custom SSIDs.. that and the 'lolwep' guy my laptop picks up on rare occasions.
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reply to poppster

I used to change it every week just to tick off my neighbor, but then I figured I should leave the guy's router alone and get my own.

Blake
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