What are the implications of deleting the defauilt SSIDs on a new EAP225v3
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I cannot see how to disable without deleting SSIDs in an EAP225v3
That being so what are the implications of removing/deleting the two default SSID on a new unit, e.g., TP-Link_2.4GHz/5GHz_XXXXXX, printed on the label on the device.
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OldCoalMiner wrote
I cannot see how to disable without deleting SSIDs in an EAP225v3
That being so what are the implications of removing/deleting the two default SSID on a new unit, e.g., TP-Link_2.4GHz/5GHz_XXXXXX, printed on the label on the device.
If you just want to disable the SSID, you can just disable the "SSID Broadcast", then the EAP will not broadcase this SSID signal.
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OldCoalMiner wrote
That being so what are the implications of removing/deleting the two default SSID on a new unit, e.g., TP-Link_2.4GHz/5GHz_XXXXXX, printed on the label on the device.
The implications would be to have to manually type in the SSIDs printed on the label again if you want to re-create them after they have been formerly deleted.
But why do you care about this? The default SSIDs are just this, default SSIDs, and you can either use them or delete them in favour of your own names for a WLAN. It's always recommended to change a default SSID in order to not reveal the platform being used.
Be aware that hiding the SSID (to be precise: the ESSID) by suppressing its broadcast will not disable the wireless network at all. WiFi analyzers will still show the BSSID (the AP's MAC address) and some analyzers might even allow a client running the analyzer to still join the wireless network by using the BSSID.
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In hindsight I'm asking for comfirmation of what I suspect to be so.
Agree hiding the broadcast of default SSIDs is not a good practice.
In the worst scenario if the device becomes unaccessible via wireless or wired then pressing the reset button to get back to factory default is the only option, which creates the two default SSIDs if you access via wireless. A backup of current settings gets you up and running from there.
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Hi @OldCoalMiner,
Just to clarify. You can delete, add, change the SSID's to your hearts content. The default ones that the EAP's come with are just examples. Generally, I recommend that folks delete these, and create two new ones -- one for each radio (2.4GHz and 5.8GHz). Name them whatever you want (e.g Ford and Chevy, or 2GHz_Net and 5GHz_Net -- Your call).
Each radio supports up to 8 named SSID's. So in theory you could have a total of 16 different SSID's per EAP. But usually one per radio is plenty. Sometimes one or two additional for guests, IoT devices, etc.
Hiding/disabling SSID broadcast is a "legacy" security technique that doesn't really provide any additional security. While it doesn't generally cause any harm, it's not recommended, and is not a substitute for proper security measures (like WPA2-PSK with a strong password, preventing physical access to the network by unauthorized users, etc.).
The one exception being that if Wireless MESH is enabled, the EAP's creates a hidden (unlisted) SSID on the 5.8GHz radio which is only used ofor the wireless MESH backhaul. This cannot be directly modified / deleted. But will disappear if wireless mesh is disabled.
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@JSchnee21, hiding an SSID was never meant as a security mechanism, it just exists to suppress the broadcast of the name of an otherwise fully useable WLAN once clients have associated with it.
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