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Is It Illegal to Use Other People’s Wireless Internet?

Is It Illegal to Use Other People’s Wireless Internet?
The topic of stealing WiFi Internet access or legality of using someone else’s WiFi Internet access is always entertaining because almost everyone has an opinion on this subject and in almost every case each person is convinced that their view is right. I’m no different — my [...]

Filed under: WLAN Legal Matters

SSID - Service Set Identifier

SSID
A SSID (service set identifier) identifies the wireless network and the SSID for your wireless WLAN card must match the SSID for any access point that you want to connect with. If the value does not match, you are not granted access to the network. Each SSID can be up to 32 characters long and [...]

Filed under: WLAN Standards