Mac name issue

[jbjbjbjbjb]

Using snow Leapard on an Imac, I'm confronted with a funny little issue. I wanted my ad-hoc Internet sharing to be anonymous. When sharing the internet connection, the network is detectable using the mac name. So I changed it under sharing. Unfortunately, devices (like my ipod touch) detect the original name of the Mac. I have tried restarting the mac, which makes no difference. Any ideas?

Also, would it be possible to inivisibly share an internet connection (so you had actually type in the name of the invisible network you wanted to join)?

 

[GGJstudios]

If you're talking about creating a closed network, go to Airport Utility > your network > Manual Setup > Wireless > Wireless Network Options > Create a closed network

 

[Repo]

From the sounds of it, you want to disable SSID broadcast, so those who want to join your network must know the name beforehand.

 

[jbjbjbjbjb]

If you're talking about creating a closed network, go to Airport Utility > your network > Manual Setup > Wireless > Wireless Network Options > Create a closed network

I must have a different set up to you, these options are not available to me as of "Manual Setup" which is not on the drop-down menu of my network. Incidentally, this part of settings is not called "airport Utility" either. Thanks for looking into it though.

From the sounds of it, you want to disable SSID broadcast, so those who want to join your network must know the name beforehand.

YES, so how do you disable ssid broadcast?

 

[GGJstudios]

I must have a different set up to you, these options are not available to me as of "Manual Setup" which is not on the drop-down menu of my network. Incidentally, this part of settings is not called "airport Utility" either. Thanks for looking into it though.

No, you launch the app called Airport Utility, in your /Applications/Utilities folder.