said by Anav:The problem fonzbear is that your taking marketing crap from a router vendor as gospel but ignoring well educated and informed posts from IT professionals and experienced users.
The only practical thing turning off ESSID will do is attract the attention of those you wish to avoid. On top of that you run the risk of making it difficult for you and your family to use your own system as turning off ssid at times can create some issues in a busy wifi environment.
Bottom line is that for good wifi security just ensure that
a. you use WPA or WPA2 encryption with a strong key 20+ characters and
b. you use the strongest password your router will allow.
c. ensure you do not turn on or alllow unsecured remote access to your router or a PC.
d. as far as ssid. leave it on and make it unique for you to recognize out of the crowd but not that it points to your house/location/personal identification
As I have stated previously, the only thing worse than no security is a false sense of security, which is the problem your exposing once again. SSID is NOT a security mechanism.
I'm not ignoring anyone on here. I've read all the posts and now understand why turing off SSID isn't a good security method.
