How To Hide Wifi Network From Others

This is how to hide a wifi Network or SSID to hide from others.

1. Connect to WIFI router.
2. Visit 192.168.0.1
3. Login here: default access. Email: admin. PW; admin
4. Go to Wifi settings
5. Disable broadcasting SSID.

On the occasion, you need more information to get this task done, scroll down to explore more about it. We’ve tried our best to make it easy to follow.

If you want to hide your Wifi router from strangers who may use your wifi without asking for permission. Then, gladly you can do this by hiding your SSID name. And if you don’t know what this SSID is? And how does it work? It’s quite straightforward to understand.

An SSID is the name of a network connection; think of your own wifi when you search for wifi networks on your mobile or any device that can detect nearby connections. The list of the network’s names is the SSID(s) there. Thus, when you hide it, then most likely, no one can catch your wifi network.

In this sense, hiding a wifi router is ultimately hiding or invisible the name of your network so nobody around can detect the connection unless they know the new SSID that you’ve renamed, even if you wouldn’t able to see the name anymore as usual.

This means you will have to remember the SSID every time you want to connect your mobile to your wifi. Let’s get into the guide. how to hide wifi network from others Keep following the images, and read the information about the steps shown in the images.

1. Connect to the wifi

In order to change the router’s settings, it is necessary for you to first connect to the same wifi network to which you intend to make changes. This happens because, for security purposes, if the router can be hidden without joining the same network, then there will be a big mess for all. For example, if that is possible, you will have the authentications to mess up with the neighbor’s wifi. And, not to mention, they can also do this same for our wifi. So ultimately, it is no less than a digital war.

• As usual, connect your mobile device, computer, or laptop to your wifi router by filling up the password.

2. Visit this web address 192.168.0.1

Afterward, when your device has been connected to the wifi router, follow this step by copying the address “192.168.0.1” and pasting it into your web browser. Regardless of the browser you use, safari, chrome, opera, or any default browser. This address should bring you to the page where you can fill up the login credentials for accessing the wifi router settings.

In some cases, the given address may not work for you. At that moment, browse the internet to find something similar to your wifi router company. Or most often, this sort of address can be found on the backside of a wifi-router box.

Alternative ways to check out; go through your wifi-router manual book, or if you’re using a mobile device, then head over to the wifi settings>DNS, where you can find the right address that will take you to the desired page.

• By default, the I.P address is 192.168.0.1, and mostly it works for many wifi routers. With this being said, problems are part of a game. Thus, you may encounter one.

3. Log in to access your control panel of the wifi router:

Assuming that the login page is right on your screen. What to do next? This would be your first question since if you’re dealing with this for the first time, you probably don’t know the credentials to step ahead.

Anyway, do not worry, you can quickly get the details by asking your wifi-router providers. However, most of the time, it is “Admin” or “Admin.” Fill both of the blanks with this word, and the rest depends upon how lucky you are. If, unfortunately, you face restrictions, then consulting with the wifi-routers providers is the only option left so far.

• If you’ve logged in, then look around for a while to find out the control panel section. It’s also known as the main setting area of a wifi router.

4. Go to WLAN, wireless, or Network

The next step is to open the wireless settings sections. You can find it inside the control panel area; keep in mind the name is variant. It could be WLAN, wireless, wireless network, or just network. Don’t get perplexed if you cannot see the exact “Wireless” option; instead, you should try to open each that sounds similar.

Make sure you don’t mistakenly open the wired network sections. Our aim is to step into wireless connectivity so we can hide our wifi router from others.

• If you’ve successfully landed on the right page, at that stage, you will see some options listed if you intensely focus on that page. You can see the name “service set identifier”; Abbreviation of SSID. Click on it.

5. Disable Broadcasting

If anything you notice there pointing to hiding an SSID or disabling it, click on it. It will hide your wifi router name. Know that, once the name is hidden, along with nearby devices, it’ll be hidden for your device also. The only way to get connected is to write the name (SSID) manually.

Which is what you’ve written in the box. This all means you must keep the name smart that you can later put when connecting manually. If you want to revert back the changes for the sake of the show the network name again, simply follows these similar steps again and enable the SSID.