Hide personal hotspot SSID?

Is there a way to hide the SSID of the iPad's personal hotspot?

You can change the name of the SSID by changing the name of your phone: Settings>General>About>Name.
Read more about Personal Hotspot here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4517

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  • Change the WiFi SSID on Personal Hotspot

    Is is possible to change the SSID of the WiFI personal Hotspot to be something other than my phones name? I don't especially like broadcasting my name around for random people to see. I know i can change the phone name, but I'd rather not change that, and just have an independent SSID name

    Hi there,
    It is a bit rediculous that Phone's name is actually a name of the SSID   I have the same SSID at home, at work and for all of my mobile devices. The passwords are the same so all my friends can use them without adding a one more entry into the list of hotspots. Do I need to change my SSID for all devices to ****'s iPhone or should I take stupid phone's name instead? It is a rhetorical question.
    For me it is just a marketing so everyone see "***'s iPhone" SSID when is searching for the Wi-Fi hotspot. Many of customers even not recognized that their names ***** have been silvently turned into "****'s iPhone"
    Hope that Apple will resolve this later in the next FW releases.

  • How can I remove Personal Hotspot for the iPad

    How can I remove Personal Hotspot for the iPad, I use apple configurator but I still can NOT do it. any idea?

    I mean hide it, or remove it or delete it. I just don't wanna anyone on my enterprises use it because my data plan gonna be high cost.
    supported by my carrier, I asked my carrier if they can remove it ? they said they can NOT.

  • Personal Hotspot Security - Flaws?

    As a business user, I initially liked the idea of the Personal Hotspot as a convenient way to link my iPhone and MacBook Pro. However as a networking specialist, I am immediately aware of its shortcomings and risks, risks that are already well known in WiFi circles and no attempt seems to have been made to eliminate these and make Personal Hotspot safe to use.
    It is 'Personal!'. It is my hotspot! Therefore:
    1/ Don't broadcast my SSID - allow me to turn it off so people don't see my hotspot.
    2/ Lock what devices can attach (e.g. via MAC address &/or other security code) . Use the cable tether and iTunes to lock my MacBook Pro to my iPhone so only devices I pre-select can use the Personal Hotspot.
    3/ Encrypt the traffic. There is a lot of sensitive data on both MacBook and iPhone, so I don't want the two exchanging such data on an open wireless connection. Give me the option to encrypt it!
    4/ Time-limit the Personal Hotspot session and include auto-terminate. When I close my MacBook Pro, suspend the Personal Hotspot session. e.g. when I disconnect the USB cable, my tethering automatically ceases, the same should happen when I close my MacBook. I don't want the Hotspot running when I don't need it.
    5/ Enhance the WiFi control panels for all Apple devices to simplify WiFi associations. Here in the UK, all BT Home and Business WiFi devices are also public subscription WiFi Hotspots. They annoy the **** out of me as my MacBook Pro and iPhone will try and join these public hotspots, thus my 3G and other WiFi networks that I want to connect to get interrupted consistently. There is currently no way on either the iOS or OS X to tell the system to remember to ignore certain SSIDs. Imagine being at an Apple convention with thousands of Apple devices with Personal Hotspot activated? It would be impossible to select your own particular device from myriads of others.
    6/ Corporate Security teams are going to have heart attacks! It is bad enough trying to identify a rogue WiFi access point that has been attached to the internal network, never mind hundreds or thousands of corporate and non-corporate iPhone users whose device has just been upgraded to iOS 4.3 with Personal Hotspot active. What measures do Apple offer to enable these corporate security guys to ensure sensitive corporate data doesn't get hacked via the Personal Hotspot function (with an open portal to the internet on every single unit) they have just dropped into every workplace on the planet?
    7/ Ability to reduce the transmit power of the Personal Hotspot WiFi to 1 metre instead of the standard. If my phone and MacBook are next to each other, I don't need to have the high transmit power of a normal WiFi device. If the Personal Hotspot WiFi signal can be turned down to the bare minimum, it will preserve battery life on the iPhone as well as reducing the mass interference in the 2.4GHz band that will be created by dozens of such devices. If transmit power is not reduced, the effectiveness of existing devices such as access point networks will be severely impacted to the point where some WiFi service networks will become unusable.
    Anyone have any other wireless security concerns about the new Personal Hotspot feature?

    You're only speaking to other iPhone users here - not anyone that has any ability to do anything about your concerns.
    Send feedback directly to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

  • Re6500 connecting to Ipad Personal Hotspot --- disconnected.

    Im trying to connect my re6500 to my ipad person hostspot.    I select  the ipad hotspot  (verizon) in Site Survey and connect.  After several seconds the web page refreshs then on Basic setting page it says status Disconnected.
    I have no problems using an android phone hotspot (also on verizon) with the Re6500
    Is there a compatibilty problem with using the RE6500 to a ipad personal hotspot?
    I was also able to use the re6500 with an AT&T unite hotspot...    So it looks like theres an issue with the re6500-->ipad hotspot
    tips?
    re6500--->IPAD Hotspot  ------  Not working
    re6500--->Android Hotspot ---- working
    re6500--->AT&T Unite----------- working
    2.4 GHz Wireless Settings
    Status:
    Disconnected
    Signal Strength:
    Network Name (SSID):
    Password:
    Advanced settings
    Channel Width:
    Auto (20MHz or 40MHz)20MHz only
    Security Mode:
    WPA2/WPA Mixed ModeWPA2 PersonalWEPDisabled

    Sounds odd. I'd rather you try using another iPad to properly isolate this.

  • Personal Hotspot from iPhone 5S not detected

    The SSID that my 5S has supposedly created is not being seen by my iPad Air. I did manage to connect by entering the network name and password manually, but the connection dropped after about half an hour.
    The phone is updated with Software version 7.1.2 (11D257)
    What else is there to do to get this working?

    Hey masaras42!
    I have an article here that can help you troubleshoot your Personal Hotspot issue:
    iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2756
    Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
    -Braden

  • Personal hotspot is missing

    The option was in my iphone4, somehow it is missing and no such option under my network section.
    And my version now in my iphone4 is 4.3.3
    Anyone face the same problem?

    Hi raineee,
    I faced the same problem you describe here, no "HotSpot" item to be found in "Settings -> General -> Network" (which is where this option should be found).
    I knew I had seen it before upgrading to the latest OS  (currently on 4.3.3 as well) but now it was gone.
    I found the solution for my phone, maybe it works for you (as well as maybe for some others with the same problem).
    Some of the "explanations" I had found were claiming that it had to do with your provider (whether it allows tethering/hotspot functionality or not) but I have the feeling that the absence of this menu item is not related to that at all (whether hotspot functionality does work or not is a different story). It seems (at least for my case) that it is a glitch in the iOS which in some circumstances simply does not show the HotSpot functionality anymore.
    Here's what made it work for me (warning: take care of storing the information (SSID, encryption type, password, ...) of your currently configured wireless networks as this action will erase them):
    - Goto "Settings -> General -> Reset" (at the bottom of the "General" section)
    - Select "Reset Network Settings" (optionally supply the password with which you protected these kind of settings to be accidentally executed) and wait for your phone to reboot ....
    - If all works out on your phone as it did on mine the "Personal Hotspot" menu should be back again in "Settings -> General -> Network" (between "Data Roaming" and "VPN")
    Hope it will work for you (and maybe others) as it did for me.
    Caution: You (most probably) need to reconfigure your WiFi settings after doing this reset! So take care of storing this information before you do so!

  • Personal Hotspot Wi-Fi AT&T iPhone 4 Disconnecting Periodically

    Greetings!
    I have an AT&T iPhone 4 that I'm connecting to either a new 13" MacBook Air or iPad 2 via the Personal Hotspot Wi-Fi connection. I have the requisite plan from AT&T.
    I can stay connected for various lengths of time, usually ranging from five minutes to forty minutes, until the connection is dropped between the iPhone 4 and whichever device I'm connected to.
    When this occurs, the only way to get it connected again is to turn off the iPhone 4 and then turn it back on again.
    No matter how many times I toggle the Personal Hotspot on or off and/or the Wi-Fi, the SSID is no longer seen on any device.
    Usually when I reconnect, after I've power-cycled the iPhone 4, I am again prompted for the Personal Hotspot's WPA2 key.
    Neither the 13" MacBook Air or the iPad 2 exhibit this behavior on other Wi-Fi networks (I haven't tried using anyone else's Personal Hotspot).
    I have reset the Network settings to no avail.
    Has anyone else experienced this particular issue, and if so, did you find a solution?
    Thank you.

    I think you are running into the following issue.
    From: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756
    Note: If you leave the Personal Hotspot screen or put iPhone to sleep, iPhone only broadcasts the Wi-Fi network for an additional 90 seconds. If no devices join the Wi-Fi network during that time, iPhone 4 stops broadcasting your Wi-Fi network. You can start broadcasting your Wi-Fi network again by tapping Settings > Personal Hotspot.
    So, if I understand correctly, if you leave your iphone on the the Settings --> Personal Hotspot screen, than it shouldn't stop broadcasting.

  • Does OS6 change personal hotspot performance?

    My MacBook seems to connect to my iPhone personal hotspot, but it cannot access the internet or get mail through it.  I recently installed OS6.

    I have the same problem. The SSID is not broadcast. When I tried to connect through Bluetooth, it gave me an error saying it can't connect to the bluetooth network. I have iOS 6.0.1. It started happening on 11/19.
    I tried resetting network settings and it didn't help.
    I tried restoring my phone and set up as a new phone. Interestingly enough, when i do this, it's stuck at the Set Up Personal Hotspot step, where it always prompts me to either call ATT or go the website. I have the 5GB personal data plan, btw. I called up ATT and they verified there's nothing wrong with my plan. They opened up a case number and promised to get back by 11/22. I'm not holding my breath.
    However, when I restore my phone to an existing backup, it gets me to the Personal Hotspot screen, where I can toggle it on and off. But of course, turning it on still doesn't work.
    I went to Apple store and they told me that several customers have complained about the same thing, but they're still not sure at this point whose fault it is, Apple or ATT. They've escalated the problem to engineering, but don't know when this will be resolved. This is really annoying. But at least I feel much better that it's not just happening to me.

  • Hotspot SSID broadcast -- bug

    Currently, when the Personal Hotspot function is activated, the WiFi SSID for the hotspot is only advertised for a few minutes when the hotspot is first activated. In my scenario, I use the hotspot so that my in-car GPS can access internet-based traffic data. But, becuase the SSID is not advertised after the frist few minutes, I experience a problem.
    Here is the scenario:
    1. Get in car, activate hotspot.
    2. Internet-using GPS hotspot client connects to hotspot, works great.
    3. I arrive at first destination, leave car to go into store, for example.
    4. Once inside store, HotSpot is out of range of client, so client disconnects
    5. I complete errand, hop back into car.
    6. SSID is not being actively advertised by iPhone.
    7. Internet-using GPS client does not connect to hotspot.
    8. In order to re-connect to hotspot, I have to use iPhone control panel to disable, then re-enable personal hotspot.
    7. Internet-using GPS client is now able to reconnect to hotspot.
    If the SSID were not hidden, but advertised from time to time, the client would be able to autoamatically reconnect, and this would be preferable even if it took a few minutes to re-connect.

    If you do not have the check box enabled for broadcast, then it will not broadcast. Maybe make sure you apply it again and on your wireless client, make sure the profile is not saved, or else it will show up like it is broadcasted.
    For ease of guest deployment, you should broadcast the ssid... just my opinoin!

  • Iphone 4 personal Hotspot not working after update to IOS 7.1 India BSNL cellular

    Iphone 4 personal Hotspot not working after update to IOS 7.1 India BSNL cellular

    BSNL is not a supported carrier. Personal Hotspot requires carrier support and provisioning of the account to enable it. iOS 7.1 disabled the ability to manually configure Personal Hotspot on unsupported carriers.

  • Personal hotspot issue in iPhone 5 with iOS 6.1.4

    My phone runs ios 6.1.4 And personal hotspot got disappeared... I dont have itunes installed in my computer and i have not backed up my data to erase my phone and start from scratch... What Should i do now...? From india using aircel network.. I need hotspot to download itunes to my laptop...

    Oh yes there is.  Here are the screen captures

  • Personal Hotspot does not work after update to 10.10.2

    Good morning!
    After my update to 10.10.2 on my MBP (15" mid 2010) my connection to the internet via personal hotspot (iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.3) does not work.
    The MBP connect to the hotspot, but there is no connection to the internet. My iPad (Retina, iOS 8.1.3) works fine simultaniously with good bandwidth.
    Rebooting Mac, rebooting iPhone etc does not work.
    Anyone else has this problem?
    Any suggestions?

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  • I have a IPhone 4S. About a week ago my wifi wouldn't let me slide it to on. And my personal hotspot won't work. AND I PAY FOR THAT every month. I'm not going to keep paying for it if it doesn't work. What's the point?

    I have a IPhone 4S and since about a week ago my wifi wouldn't let me slide it to the on side and my personal hotspot doesn'tI don't live in Quincy anymore:( but I'm game some weekend! work either. AND also I see a lot of other people with the same problem. And I PAY FOR IT EVERY MONTH . I'm going to stop paying if You can't help me thanks.

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  • TS1398 No wifi niether Personal hotspot on the Ipnoe 4S

    I have to reset my devices frequently to access the internet with wifi connection, this is happening since i upgrade to IOS 6 and this is happening at home and at work, and my Ipad don't connect trough the Personal Hotspot from my Ipone 4S anymore, what will be the best solution? Any suggestion?

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    http://tabletcrunch.com/2012/09/27/fix-ios-6-wifi-problems/
    Did iOS 6 Screw Your Wi-Fi? Here’s How to Fix It
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    How To Fix Wi-Fi Connectivity Issue After Upgrading To iOS 6
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    iOS 6 iPad 3 wi-fi "connection fix" for netgear router
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWS4ha-dn0
    Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems
    http://www.zdnet.com/apples-ios-6-wi-fi-problems-linger-on-7000004799/
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    Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
    iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks  http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
    WiFi Connecting/Troubleshooting
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/wifi/
    How to Fix: My iPad Won't Connect to WiFi
    http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/ss/How-To-Fix-My-Ipad-Wont-Connect -To-Wi-Fi.htm
    iOS: Connecting to the Internet
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1695
    iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
    Additional things to try.
    Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
    Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
    Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
    Another thing to try - Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
    How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
    http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
    If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
    iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
    http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
    Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
    Fix Slow WiFi Issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2398063?start=60&tstart=0
    Unable to Connect After iOS Update - saw this solution on another post.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4010130
    Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal.
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    If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
     Cheers, Tom

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