said by jbibe :

The SSID is appended to the end of the passphrase. The result is then hashed 4096 times to produce the desired 256-bit PSK (Pre-Shared Key). Since the SSID is known, or can be easily recovered, a long SSID does not add any strength. Select a unique SSID that you can easily remember. The strength of the PSK depends on the unknown passphrase. As a minimum, select passphrase with 30 random, printable, ASCII characters. Better yet, select a passphrase with 63 random ASCII characters, as suggested by SoonerAL.

said by Kojak1958 :

I gather from reading, the SSID characters are randomly injected into the network authentication key. Thus, logically a long SSID increases the difficulty of cracking the N.A.K.

said by SoonerAl :

Here are some threads that talk a bit about a long SSID, hash values, etc.

»WPA

»How to make sure my wireless point not to be hacked?

Personally I configured my wireless network with a short SSID, ie. 5 characters, a long 63-character random ASCII key and use WPA2-PSK [AES] and sleep well at night.

said by SoonerAl :

I would not bother with disabling the SSID broadcast. You can cause connectivity issues with your clients and its simply not a valid security measure. Otherwise except for a long SSID, I use a simple and short unique SSID, that is how I protect my home wireless network.

»Wireless Networking Forum FAQ »What happens when I disable SSID Broadcast? Am I more secure?

»technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr···942.aspx

»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/L···ity.html