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Originally Posted by filmo
From reading Westell 327 manual on line it only supports WEP wireless security now considered very insecure. I would replace the router for that reason alone.
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Actually, the Westell has been FW'ed in place by Verizon and does WPA-PSK, which is what I have it defaulted to.
When I went to DSL7.1, Verizon did send a replacement, but I read a reputable review which indicated that the new model didn't recover service from line outages the way the reviewer's Westell did.
But back to SSID - I'm not doing it for the security, but for the convenience of my SO, and his Nooks (largely) in the living room. A simple, single broadcast SSID was needed, based on endless weeks of confusion on his part, and that's what I got with the broadcasting Netgear extender.