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Originally Posted by Aragorn
Having a hidden SSID does not affect security - anyone who wanted to hack into a network would be able to get around a hidden SSID.
What provides security is encryption, preferably WPA or WPA2, which should be supported by the WRT54G, WUSB54 & XP MCE.
If you have WPA enabled I would leave the SSID broadcast on.
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Ok, that makes more sense. Thank you.
However, I have another problem related to this. In my local vicinity, I have a neighbour who also has a router, also protected using wpsk and broadcasting their ssid. I draw this conclusion as I can see their network, just not connect without a 'key'. Unfortunately for me, WinXP MCE 2005 and the associated WUSB54 dongle can see the network and insists upon redetecting it every 5 minutes or so, tries to connect, fails then informs me. Disconnects my network, tries again and informs me my 'network connection has failed'. I've been trying to listen to online radio and its driving me nuts! As I can't listen for longer than 5 minutes without a 'blip ... network connection failed'.
I see the way forward as dissabling SSID. However, if I do that I can't detect the network at all and WinXP MCE 2005 can't download its 'guide data' or connect to the internet at all.
Any hope of saving my sanity?