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EX6100 Cannot Connect to WiFI with SSID Disabled
I have installed the firmware upgrade V1.0.1.36_1.0.114 and find that I cannot connect to either 2g or 5f wifi if I disable the SSID broadcast. I have also reinstalled both prior versions of the fir...
Another layer of security, hiding the SSID, never hurts and is my first layer above several layers of security. To what degree hiding the SSID represents any security is not the issue. The EX6100 advertises being able to turn off the SSID broadcast and includes this option in the setup. If this is not possible on the EX6100, then it gets shipped back.