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rhrocketman's avatar
rhrocketman
Network Novice
4 years ago

Masking SSID on 5G Home internet gateway

Is it possible to set masking (hiding) of the SSID for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals on the home internet 5 G gateway?  This is more secure than just having your SSID blasted all over and hoping someone isn’t trying to get in your wi-fi system.

  • Thanks....hopefully they make this easier in a future firmware update.   These have been standard wifi controls forever.

  • tomwil's avatar
    tomwil
    Bandwidth Buff
    rhrocketman wrote:

    Arcadyan....doesn't seem to be much user control in the interface

     

    You have the hard one.  The settings you seek are currently only available through a backdoor method.

     

    The following video explains the method to reach these hidden settings:

     

    Hidden Settings - Arcadyan KVD21 T-Mobile 5G Home Internet

     

    Change “isBroadcastEnabled” from true to false, for each band.

     

    Courtesy iTinkeralot
    https://community.t-mobile.com/tv-home-internet-7/hide-ssid-43117

     

  • Arcadyan....doesn't seem to be much user control in the interface

  • tomwil's avatar
    tomwil
    Bandwidth Buff
    rhrocketman wrote:

    Is it possible to set masking (hiding) of the SSID for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals on the home internet 5 G gateway?  This is more secure than just having your SSID blasted all over and hoping someone isn’t trying to get in your wi-fi system.

     

    Which gateway do you have, the Nokia, or Arcadyan?

     

    One is easy, the other much harder.