> >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.

Yes. I think that I saw that before I "fixed" the problem. My SSID was
designated
as "manual" and there was another SSID called "wireless" that was designated
as
automatic. I deleted the "wireless" SSID, which made my SSID the only one
there.
After I "fixed" everything, my SSID changed to "automatic".

Not sure if I saved the connection. How does one do that in XP?


> 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.

I will check that out. Thanks for link.