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The next generation of motion control firmware
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Unable to connect to a hidden SSID #173

Open pilotak opened 2 years ago

pilotak commented 2 years ago

Connecting to a visible SSID works, hidden doesn't

bdring commented 2 years ago

I have never used a hidden SSID. They are just a pain and only add security against non-hackers.

We are just using the stock ESP32 wifi libraries, so we would need to dig into them. Can you do that for us?

pilotak commented 2 years ago

I can stick to visible SSID, this is just something i discovered. Perhaps you could change the label from bug to enhancement.

bdring commented 2 years ago

Added to project development wish list

bnvill84 commented 2 years ago

@pilotak Just a question that you may have already thought of, but will it do the initial connection while SSID is visible and then perform reconnections while it's invisible?

pilotak commented 2 years ago

I didn't try that, i have 2 SSID broadcasting, one visible and one not. It doesn't connect to hidden and after a timeout it starts the AP

keithstrachan commented 1 year ago

I would encourage people to read the following article from a noted CyberSecurity Professional. https://fractionalciso.com/should-you-hide-your-wi-fi-ssid/

I am an IT person of 32 years experience with Networking and Security - we used to Hide SSIDs, we no longer do it, we just have better security protocols now along with the Wifi network - Certificate Auth, better passwords, etc etc.

I would recommend not pursuing this enhancement.