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Friday, April 15, 2011

Application Makes Connecting to Hidden WiFi Points Possible

Posted by Richard Chao in "Windows Phone Software" @ 07:06 PM

http://www.mobilityminded.com/12794...fi-networks-htc

"Until now it was not possible to connect to hidden networks on your Windows Phone 7, leaving a lot of disappointed users with no other choice to connect other than visible networks."

A lot of people hide their router's SSID to prevent others from seeing the access point. Unfortunately, one of the omissions of WP7 is the ability to connect to hidden WiFi networks. Luckily HTC has stepped up and created an app that'll help you to connect to hidden WiFi networks assuming you are using a HTC WP7 phone. If you are, head over to the marketplace and look for Hidden Wi-Fi by HTC Corporation.


Thursday, August 5, 2010

Windows Phone 7 Tech Preview Can't Connect to Hidden Networks...Do We Care?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Windows Phone Articles & Resources" @ 04:00 PM

http://www.wmexperts.com/windows-ph...rts+(WMExperts)

"Evidently, Windows Phone 7 cannot see ergo connect to hidden wireless networks, the kind where you don't broadcast your SSID. Although not a lot of people go this extra step for security, we're sure a few of you do and in this case, it appears you are out of luck."

There are things that Windows Phone 7 will be lacking at launch that will matter to many people, matter to some people, or matter to virtually no one. The lack of copy and paste? That will impact a lot of people. Not being able to connect to a hidden WiFi network? I'm leaning toward the "no one" category, but you tell me: would this present a problem for you? Is your WiFi network hidden via an SSID no-broadcast setting? I've never set up my WiFi that way because security through obscurity is rarely an effective barrier - if someone's sniffing for WiFi networks, they'll be using tools that will ID your "hidden" network - so what's the point?


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