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Thread ID: 50600 2004-10-26 01:47:00 SSID broadcast disable Nigelb (6323) Press F1
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284720 2004-10-26 01:47:00 After disabling SSID broadcast I am unable to view/detect wireless network. Enabling broadcast and everything is working great. The connection is in the preferred list. WinXPpro SP2 Nigelb (6323)
284721 2004-10-26 01:54:00 That is what disabling SSID broadcast does. It stops your access point from broadcasting the network name so the average person won't even know there is one there. The downside of this is that it won't show up in your detected wireless networks. You will have to add it manually. After that, if you set it all up correctly (security, SSID etc), it should show up in the list and show you as being connected to it.
You may need to check the advanced options of the wireless network card as I think there is an option that you can select to Automatically connect to Prefered network.
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