[NMLUG] Linux Router/Firewall

[mike at garfias.org (Mike Garfias)]

I don't think so.  Its just one of those things to keep the idiots out, like
locking your front door when you goto work.

Ed Heron spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> 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?
> 
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