Hidden SSID

I like to hide my SSID with WAP2 Personal encryption but my new laptop, DV2000T, with Intel Wireless adapter card, cannot seem to find the Network connection unless I unhide my routers SSID. Anyone else having the same issue? For now I keep my SSID unhidden for all my neighbors to see. I have Linksys WRT54G with moded firmware.

 

You're ok just leaving it unhidden. Hiding it doesn't do you any good anyways. The WPA2 with a secure passphrase is more than sufficient.

 

As long as you input your SSID and passphrase correctly the notebook should find it and connect. I have mine setup as such. Did you try and hide the broadcast again once the setup was done when it was unhidden?

 

It should still be able to find it, even when hidden if you already have a profile made for it. I wouldn't recommend hiding your SSID however, unless you have a specific reason to do it, it doesn't really help anything in the way of security and can potentially cause problems if someone is setting up a new wireless network and they accidentally set their's to the same channel as your network is on simply because they don't know it's there. That is, until one of you starts wondering why you're having connection problems.

 

Kanehi: I sure did but when I turned my lappy on it would not connect online. I will try and do that again and see what the outcome is today. I just upgraded my driver to the one that make it give a true reading vice the one that gets stuck on 3 bars. Maybe the new driver will help.