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Is it possible to hide the SSID of the Windows 7 soft AP

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Mar 15, 202625806 views
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I know it is possible to create a sofware AP in windows 7 using command prompt: But is it possible to set such a network not to broadcast its SSID? I realize that this does not gain any security - or may even make the system more secure, but I am not asking about security here. I want to know if it…

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netsh wlan set hostednetwork ...

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The question of Goro is NOT about security. To answer the question I'd add that when you read the documentation, you can't see any mean to hide the SSID. It's not a functionality which seems to be implemented.

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