Windows XP and disabled SSID broadcasting problem

Cybertronic

Cybertronic

Cybertronic

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I'm having a problem with one of the PCs running XP that is connected wirelessly to to my Linksys WRT54GL router. I've disabled SSID broadcasting on it however after I reboot that PC, it's unable to find the wireless network even though the "connect even if the network is not broadcasting" is enabled by default. My wireless network is the preferred network in XP and XP also stores the SSID name :confused:

I ran into another problem where Windows XP did not support WPA2 encryption and I found out that I needed this patch that didn't appear in Windows Update. Not only I needed that update, I needed this patch as well which enables the "connect even if the network is not broadcasting" feature.

My Vista PC doesn't have this problem, it connects fine with SSID broadcasting disabled :confused:

Has anyone had this problem before? :o
 
The obvious answer would be to turn SSID broadcasting back on.

There's no security advantage to having it turned off - Windows (at least Vista) will show the network as 'Unnamed Network', so it's hardly hidden. Other tools will show the full name instantly.

WPA/WPA2 is all you need.
 
anything'll do. I suppose putting your name or address in it probably wouldn't be that wise if it would bother you - but my network's called csmager.net, which is hardly conspicuous!
 
Lol I have 2 neighbours that have their surnames as SSID's :rolleyes:

I use DD-WRT which is the firmware version and means nothing to no one really!
 
tweakinfreak said:
Lol I have 2 neighbours that have their surnames as SSID's :rolleyes:

I use DD-WRT which is the firmware version and means nothing to no one really!
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Just make sure if you've called it DD-WRT that you don't leave the admin login details at default.
 
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