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Oj829,
OK, I think I'm perfectly justified in saying that anyone who can't be bothered to be part of the solution to their own problem, probably doesn't deserve much help. I also feel perfectly justified in stating that their opinion regarding whether something is a POS, after they had it working and then shot themself in the foot, and can't admit it, probably wouldn't carry a whole lot of weight with me. I've made a career of making things work, not whining when they don't work exactly as I'd like. You don't require a hidden network, and they're a fool's paradise type of "solution." I don't ever recall Kobo, or any other manufacturer, saying, "our equipment will work with everyone's network, especially the most ineffectual methods possible." At the moment, WPA2 is your friend, and AES seems to be most robust.
Good luck. I hope every piece of equipment you buy works with every other in whatever magical land you apparently live. In my day job I keep my hand in by selling equipment for a Systems Integrator as a Systems Consultant. You remind me of someone I had to deal with today, who told me the equipment I spec'd was too expensive... they freely admit they know nothing about it, but could find "similar" equipment for 2/3 the cost. I had to slowly reign it in and explain to them that two things that are "equal" are not the same. The difference between the two devices is that the one I spec'd for around 1400 more including installation, setup, testing and training actually works!
Best of luck in your "Hidden SSID based Fool's Paradise" when, as DNSB suggested, some 14 year old with a homemade Pringles can antenna locks in and starts "dating" an FBI agent pretending to be an underaged kid with your IP address. Fun, fun, fun.
You have knowledgeable people who work in fields encompassing and adjacent who are telling you to do otherwise, ignore their advice at your own peril. It may never happen to you.
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