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donfisher
May 11, 2011Aspirant
WN3000RP - purchase and review
I've been waiting for the WN3000RP since CES in January. Supposedly available but not seeing on any of the major web sites - Amazon, Frys Electronics, BestBuy. Have found on some web sites that not ...
Jack_
May 29, 2011Aspirant
I see a reason for your problem... Use WPA2 and forget the rest! It does not bring any additional security and introduces lots of sources of problems as you seem to witness.
tag824 wrote: I already use WPA2; I also hide my SSID and use mac addr filtering. The problem is.....
Adding a weak security feature on top of a strong security feature does not increase the security. To use MAC filtering as a remote Wifi switch is in this case of repeating problems probably a feature you'll have to do without it. Disabling SSID, come on, who's going to notice???
I don't get what your reasoning for being dismissive of a security feature.
Second that....
It's glitchy, that's simply a fact.