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Old 06-09-2013, 01:54 PM
jase (Jason)
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Interesting statement around WPS. Recent equipment I purchased requires physical access to the device to trigger WPS negotiation. i.e. you have to press a button in order to trigger the wireless devices (routers, bridges, whatever) to peer. From the tests I performed unless the button is pressed, the device ignores any WPS negotiation packets from peering requested devices. In any case, turn off WPS anyway. Its just a lazy way of connecting to the network if you've forgotten your SSID and WPA2 credentials.

Hidding the SSID is a security by obscurity approach that is flawed with the plethora of tools available. Android tools such as WiFinder, Fing, etc make it easy to discover networks.
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