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Best way Broadcast a SSID to a Specific Group of users

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  • 1.  Best way Broadcast a SSID to a Specific Group of users

    Posted Jun 20, 2012 11:39 AM


  • 2.  RE: Best way Broadcast a SSID to a Specific Group of users

    Posted Jun 20, 2012 01:30 PM

    A different SSID requires a unique/additional Virtual AP (VAP)... not an AP-Group.

     

    SSIDs when broadcast are visible to any WIFI enabled device... that is the way the 802.11x standards function.   You may choose to hide the SSID/suppress the broadcast but then you have to manually configure the SSID (don't make a spelling mistake ;)) on each client.

     

    The most scalable approach will be to use authentication (whether that is a pre-shared key you give only to the intended users, or a radius transaction and only allow users a,b,c  or user-group d,e,f onto the network) rather than trying to limit broadcasting.