This way, your PC will
automatically connect to your hidden network whenever it??™s in range,
but you??™ll run the risk of exposing your ???secret??? SSID. If you do this,
make sure you encrypt your network and that you employ authentication
(Chapter 8) in full force.
??? Turn off your router??™s SSID Broadcast setting, but don??™t use the Connect
even if the network is not broadcasting option. But beware: it??™s a trap!
Here??™s the problem: since your network is not broadcasting, Windows
won??™t ever connect to it automatically. So, you need to connect by
hand, but how?
When you click Next on this page, Vista saves the network you??™ve just
set up in the Manage Wireless Networks window (discussed in the next
section), but there??™s no Connect button there. Don??™t try using the
???Manually connect to a wireless network??? window either, as it??™ll just
ask you to set up another new network. And since your network isn??™t
broadcasting, it won??™t show up in the ???Connect to a network??? window,
at least not yet.
The solution is to wait. Eventually, the ???Connect to a network??? window
will list your hidden network, assuming it??™s in range. (It knows
when it??™s in range, by the way, because it continually polls the airwaves
for the network, using the process described earlier in this section that
supposedly compromises your privacy.) If you don??™t see your new network
entry after a few minutes, close all open network windows and
then reopen the ???Connect to a network??? window; if that doesn??™t help,
restart Windows and try again.
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