No Home Wifi Listed

CADesertRat said:

Just a thought but it has happened to me twice. On my HP laptop the ethernet driver gets an update and it knocks out the wireless while updating the driver so to find my router again ( which has a hidden SSID ), I have to go into the router settings and enable the SSID so that the wireless setup can find it and I can connect. Then I have to go into the wireless connection properties and check mark the box for "Always connect even if SSID is hidden ".
Hope this helps

Hiding thr SSID is a false sense of security and causes more problems than some trnd to believe.

CADesertRat said:

Out of sight, out of mind. My router password helps also I'm sure.

Would not be that hard to get the actual password. We are talking about the fact that you like others think that kiding the SSID is going to keep people from gaining access to it. Not that hard to packet sniff and oull the Passphrase.

Nothing is wide open if thr SSID is not hidden. As I stated before. It gives a false sense of security.

The radio is still going to be seen, because it is always broadcasting a signal.

This is something that has been gone over for a very long time, that it is a feature that the vendors need to do away with.