How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista

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Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. You can do this by running the following Netsh command at an elevated command prompt:

netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=adhoc

To re-enable ad hoc wireless connections, run this command:

netsh wlan del filter permission=denyall networktype=adhoc

For more information on networking in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, see the Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP) from Microsoft Press.

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Mitch Tulloch is Senior Editor of both WServerNews and FitITproNews and is a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud technologies. He has written more than a thousand articles and has authored or been series editor for over 50 books for Microsoft Press and other publishers. Mitch has also been a twelve-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the technical category of Cloud and Datacenter Management. He currently runs an IT content development business in Winnipeg, Canada.

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