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09-06-2007, 06:49 PM
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| Over glorified monkey  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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|  laptop cant find hidden network hi we currently have a wireless network in the house which has a hidden SSID. my sisters (vista)laptop is unable to find the network using the standard windows vista wireless drivers. she can connect to the network only when the the hidden SSID setting has been removed. any ideas? I've gotten the latest drivers off the HP website, but to no avail. her laptop is an HP Pavillion dv6529em. any ideas?
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09-07-2007, 11:33 AM
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| Over glorified monkey Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network *BUMP* come on guys, this is a simple Vista vs. Wireless problem. neither my sister or i can find a solution to it.
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09-07-2007, 12:14 PM
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| Ultra Techie  Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network Un hide the ssid. have her connect and set it as the default network. then rehide the ssid.
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09-07-2007, 01:06 PM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parents Basement
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 | Re: laptop cant find hidden network ^^^ yeap, tha's what i do
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09-07-2007, 06:52 PM
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| EagleMod  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bolingbrook, IL - USA
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  | Re: laptop cant find hidden network Same here. With my network, I un-hide the SSID when I am adding something, then remove it after it is working, I will re-hide the SSID, and all is good.
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09-08-2007, 04:36 AM
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| Over glorified monkey Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network we did that, but when she restarted her laptop she was out of the network again. isnt there a more permanent solution? when i had vista on my desktop it didnt have any trouble finding a hidden network.
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09-10-2007, 06:42 AM
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| honk if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network Do you know what the BEST thing about having 17 certifications when I got them? No Vista. It's GREAT!!! I can decline Vista work all the time!  Ok, in all honesty, there is only one big problem with vista and networking ... and it's NOT wireless. This should work just fine. You mean that you can't hide the SSID and then connect to it by typing it in? Remember that SSIDs are CASE SENSITIVE!
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09-12-2007, 09:34 AM
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| Over glorified monkey Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network Quote:
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09-12-2007, 10:55 AM
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network DO NOT jump on Mike. He is one of the most knowlegable network guys here. You do not always know the albility of a poster.
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09-12-2007, 11:12 AM
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| True Techie  Join Date: May 2007
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| Re: laptop cant find hidden network Yeah that was uncalled for. He's just trying to help troubleshoot you and starting off with a common issue that people often overlook. No need to be crass about it.
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