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Originally Posted by trebor
A bit of a broad question but any pointer welcome.
on wireless networks it is better to have the ssid broadcast feature disabled
for security reasons (or so I believe)
If I disable this feature non of my wireless pc's can find the network and so have no net access (very secure  but not very useful)
has anybody got any tips or links to helpful websites? this wireless lan security thing is not simple.
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It works when the wireless PC's know the SSID that you're hiding.
In WinXP this is done via the prefered networks list (if you're using the WinXP wireless connection mgr).
The easiest way to do this is to enable the broadcast SSID, then on each PC use the wireless manager to add your wireless network to the prefered network list. Then when you disable the SSID it should pick up the network again. Hope that makes sense. There is some good info on the MS website
Caveat - I recently got a cheap wireless card (AMD AL1772 chipset, I think) that doesn't pick up a hidden SSID even with the above
HTH