Connecting to an existing hidden SSID

23 Oct 2006 3:00 AM

RANYC

I am attempting to add a computer to my existing wireless network, which was
hidden by the person that installed it. I have what I believe is all the
necessary information, but I haven't had much luck in attempting to find the
wireless network on the new computer and obviously no luck connecting. If
anyone could give me a breakdown of the procedure & info I need to finish
this task, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

23 Oct 2006 9:11 AM

David

Well how you do this depends on the software you are running and the OS. In
general terms, you'll need to create the network manually rather than find
it. If you are familiar with your router the simplest thing to do would be
to enable SSID, and allow your new computer to find the network, once it
has, and is connected, then disable it again.

Otherwise you'll need the SSID name, and you'll need to enter this, as the
name of the wireless network you wish to connect to. Because your network is
hidden you can not discover it, to Join the network in the automatic way.
The other thing you'll need is the password for the network, and this
generally works best if it is in a "hex" format. This is especially true if
all the brands of the wireless equipment are not the same. You'll also need
to know the format of the Security, is it WEP, WPA, or WPA2. If security was
done correctly you'll also need to enter the MAC address of your NIC into
the Wireless Router's access list.

David Hettel

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"RANYC" <RA***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C6814D3-582E-4CA0-8EAB-4FF23F08EF96@microsoft.com...
>I am attempting to add a computer to my existing wireless network, which
>was
> hidden by the person that installed it. I have what I believe is all the
> necessary information, but I haven't had much luck in attempting to find
> the
> wireless network on the new computer and obviously no luck connecting. If
> anyone could give me a breakdown of the procedure & info I need to finish
> this task, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

23 Oct 2006 4:39 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
Since it is your Wireless you can easy make it visible and reconfigure to
your own preferences.
To make it visible you need to log to your Wireless source, and switch own
SSID Broadcast.
Your Wireless manual would be useful in telling you how.
Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"RANYC" <RA***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am attempting to add a computer to my existing wireless network, which
>was
> hidden by the person that installed it. I have what I believe is all the
> necessary information, but I haven't had much luck in attempting to find
> the
> wireless network on the new computer and obviously no luck connecting. If
> anyone could give me a breakdown of the procedure & info I need to finish
> this task, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.