DesertRatR
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Q: Can guest network be hidden?

Can AP TC be hidden?  Doesn't appear that way.  Looking for confirmation.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Dec 2, 2015 6:33 PM

by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer
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The same way that you would get them to forget any other network that the device has joined in the past.

 

On a Mac......open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)

Open Network

Click on WiFi on the left panel to highlight it

Click Advanced at the lower right of the window

 

Here you will see a list of networks to which the computer has connected in the past.

Click on the name of a network that you want to forget to highlight it

Click the - (minus) button at the bottom of the list

Do the same for other networks that you want to delete

 

Click OK, then click Apply in the next window that appears

Restart the Mac

 

If the device is an iPhone or iPad, you will have to log onto the network that you want to forget

Tap Settings on the home screen

Tap WiFi

Tap on the blue "i" next to the name of the network

Tap Forget This Network

Posted on Dec 3, 2015 6:56 PM

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  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Dec 2, 2015 6:52 PM in response to DesertRatR
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    Dec 2, 2015 6:52 PM in response to DesertRatR

    Not without also hiding the "main" or "private" network.

     

    You have two options......

     

    1) Leave both the "private" and "guest" network visible

     

    2) Hide both the "private" and "guest" network

     

    Hiding a network is mostly an illusion though, since there are any number of free utilities available on the Internet that will reveal a hidden network in seconds. So, anyone who really wants to see your network(s) can do so very easily, and very quickly.

  • by DesertRatR,

    DesertRatR DesertRatR Dec 2, 2015 7:00 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Dec 2, 2015 7:00 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    Something is odd.  I have a guest network.  And I hid the network.  Yet the guest shows on my iPad, iPhone and MB Air.  Any idea how that happens?

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Dec 2, 2015 7:27 PM in response to DesertRatR
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    Dec 2, 2015 7:27 PM in response to DesertRatR

    Did you change the name of the guest network, then hide it?  If you did not change the name of the network, then devices will remember a network to which they have previously connected.

  • by DesertRatR,

    DesertRatR DesertRatR Dec 3, 2015 6:25 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Dec 3, 2015 6:25 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    How do I get them to forget the guest?

  • by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Dec 3, 2015 6:56 PM in response to DesertRatR
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    Dec 3, 2015 6:56 PM in response to DesertRatR

    The same way that you would get them to forget any other network that the device has joined in the past.

     

    On a Mac......open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)

    Open Network

    Click on WiFi on the left panel to highlight it

    Click Advanced at the lower right of the window

     

    Here you will see a list of networks to which the computer has connected in the past.

    Click on the name of a network that you want to forget to highlight it

    Click the - (minus) button at the bottom of the list

    Do the same for other networks that you want to delete

     

    Click OK, then click Apply in the next window that appears

    Restart the Mac

     

    If the device is an iPhone or iPad, you will have to log onto the network that you want to forget

    Tap Settings on the home screen

    Tap WiFi

    Tap on the blue "i" next to the name of the network

    Tap Forget This Network