[amsat-bb] Re: Linksys routers and 2M "birdies"

Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Thu Feb 5 05:43:05 PST 2009


On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 16:59 -0800, Jeff Wandling W7BRS wrote:

> Make your SSID unpublished

Never ever do this.  Ever.  Or at least, if you do, remember to turn
SSID broadcast back on when you inevitably have connection problems.

>  run IPCop on a spare beige box, and use an 

Overkill, unless you're sharing your 'net connection with other people
and want to implement serious filtering

> AccessPoint not a dual router-hub.

Normal wifi routers work Just Fine for most people's needs.

Gordon



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