If your hidden network entry never shows up, you??™ll need to either turn
on the SSID Broadcast option in your router (the first bullet point in
this list) or use the Connect even if the network is not broadcasting
option (the second bullet point).
??? Your final option is to abandon wireless altogether and use a cable. Cables
are a pain, but intruders won??™t be able to break into your wireless-less network
without cables of their own. And that??™s about as secure as it gets.
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Back on Earth, or more specifically, the ???Manually connect to a wireless network???
window, click Next when you??™re done toiling with these settings. If
you see a message at this point that reads, ???A network called xxx already
exists,??? see the next section, ???Troubleshoot Network Connections.??? Otherwise,
Vista should tell you that it has ???successfully added??? your network.
If you used the Start this connection automatically option on the last page,
Vista should be connecting as you read these words, and you can just click
Close here. Otherwise, click Connect to to return to the ???Connect to a network???
window, select your new network, and click Connect. Of course, if
it??™s a hidden network as described earlier, it won??™t show up there, so you??™ll
have to click Change connection settings and then turn on the Connect
even if the network is not broadcasting option in order to connect.
If Vista won??™t connect, see ???Troubleshoot Wireless Networks,??? next.
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