[NMLUG] Linux Router/Firewall

[Ed at Heron-ent.com (Ed Heron)]

From: "Mike Garfias" <mike@garfias.org>

> Yeah, its M$, but it works, and I didn't want to pay for a real WAP, it
just
> wasn't worth it to me.  The firmware could use a bit of work, it doesn't
let
> me hide the SSID, but at least does 128bit WEP, and does MAC filtering.

  I hid the SSID on my WAP, but M$ stopped working.  I got the impression
that M$ requires the WAP to broadcast the SSID.  If I'm wrong, I'd like to
know, cause hiding the SSID would be cute.  Does turning off the SSID
improve security much?