Generally hiding SSID is not recommended.     WLANs can operate "hiding" the SSID name, and only answer when a probe request has the explicit SSID included (client knows the name). By default, the SSID is included in the beacons, and APs will reply to null probe requests, providing the SSID name information, even if clients are not pre-configured with it.  Hiding the SSID does not provide additional security, as it is always possible to obtain the SSID name by doing simple attacks, and it has secondary side effects, such as slower association for some client types (for example Apple IOS), or some clients can't work reliably at all in this mode. The only benefit is that it would prevent random association requests from devices trying to connect to it.  It is recommended to enable Broadcast SSID option to have the best interoperability. 
						
					
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