"GWK" <gkaucher@spamptd.net> hath wroth:

>I have two laptops connected wirelessly to the internet through a Netgear
>WPN824 wireless router. The configuration has been set to disable SSID
>broadcast, and has been working fine for months. Recently one of the laptops
>lost it's wireless connection, so I hooked up the ethernet cable and enabled
>SSID broadcast. I then disconnected the ethernet cable, waited awhile, and
>the wireless connection returned. So I then disabled the SSID broadcast, and
>everything seems to be back to normal and working wirelessly the way I want.
>
>Is there some setting that I should change on the laptop to keep me from
>losing the wireless connection while SSID broadcast is set to disabled?
>This laptop is only used wirelessly at this access point.

1. Some wireless client managers, such as whatever you're using on
your laptop, don't like to connect to AP's that don't broadcast the
SSID.

2. Windoze Wireless Zero config has a priority list of automatic
connections. You may want to move your SSID to the top of the list.
If you haven't saved the connection, do so or it won't auto connect.
It's also very easy for WZC to magically change for "automatic" to
"manual" for the connection. Check that.

3. Did you check for updates for your WPN824 firmware?
<http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wpn824.asp>
I had a hell of a time with a WPN824 v1 until I updated the firmware.

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