Wi-Fi Non-Broadcast Profile Sample (Compact 2013)

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11/04/2015

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You can use the non-broadcast profile sample to connect to networks that do not broadcast their network name or Service Set Identifier (SSID).

This sample profile is configured to use Wi-Fi Protected Access security running in Personal mode (WPA-Personal). Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is used for encryption. Profiles that use other security and cipher types can also be configured as non-broadcast profiles.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="https://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
    <name>SampleNonBroadcast</name>
    <SSIDConfig>
        <SSID>
            <name>SampleNonBroadcast</name>
        </SSID>
        <nonBroadcast>true</nonBroadcast>
    </SSIDConfig>
    <connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
    <connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>
    <MSM>
        <security>
            <authEncryption>
                <authentication>WPAPSK</authentication>
                <encryption>TKIP</encryption>
                <useOneX>false</useOneX>
            </authEncryption>
            <sharedKey>
              <keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
              <protected>false</protected>
             <keyMaterial> <!-- insert key here --> </keyMaterial>
            </sharedKey>
        </security>
    </MSM>
</WLANProfile>

If you use this sample profile to connect to a network, you must have a sharedKey child element added to the security element immediately following the authEncryption element.

The following code example shows a sharedKey element that contains a non-encrypted key. You must replace the comment  with the actual non-encrypted key before you use this code example in a profile.

<sharedKey>
    <keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
    <protected>false</protected>
    <keyMaterial> <!-- insert key here --> </keyMaterial>
</sharedKey>

Wi-Fi Non-Broadcast Profile Sample (Compact 2013)

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