Comments on: Force Vista To Connect To Wireless Network When SSID Is Not Broadcasting http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html Computer - Internet - Technology Tips And Tutorials Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Watching The Net http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-21294 Watching The Net Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:24:39 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-21294 @Jason Good point (and tip) about the SSID being case sensitive. I know for the most part, Linksys routers are case sensitive, but not sure about other manufactures. @Jason

Good point (and tip) about the SSID being case sensitive. I know for the most part, Linksys routers are case sensitive, but not sure about other manufactures.

]]> By: Jason http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-21293 Jason Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-21293 Not to bring back an old topic ... but ... this site came up in search while trying to find something for a friend ... So if this helps anyone it's worth it... Was trying this thru win7 and having same experience as vista users here. Attempt 1 - Desktop While trying to add wireless connection to un-broadcasted router it wouldn't connect. Router name was Jason and I was putting in ssid as jason under manage wireless connections ... as soon as I capitalized J it connected! Seems like it might be case-sensitive, not sure but make sure your spelling ssid EXACT same way as it is in router. Attempt 2 - Laptop "Other network" showed up in my task bar network connections list when I tried to connect to that it asked me for ssid ... from here same situation as above.. Put in jason no connection ... tried again put in Jason and connected. Good Luck! Not to bring back an old topic … but … this site came up in search while trying to find something for a friend … So if this helps anyone it's worth it…

Was trying this thru win7 and having same experience as vista users here.

Attempt 1 – Desktop
While trying to add wireless connection to un-broadcasted router it wouldn't
connect. Router name was Jason and I was putting in ssid as jason under manage wireless connections … as soon as I capitalized J it connected!

Seems like it might be case-sensitive, not sure but make sure your spelling
ssid EXACT same way as it is in router.

Attempt 2 – Laptop
"Other network" showed up in my task bar network connections list when I tried to connect to that it asked me for ssid … from here same situation as above..
Put in jason no connection … tried again put in Jason and connected.

Good Luck!

]]> By: erjon http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18238 erjon Sat, 02 May 2009 15:35:21 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18238 this does work only for you... this is my problem , my wireless router does not appear in the " manage wireless connections " how do i connect?? plz help; thnx; my email: erjonkatrini@yahoo.com this does work only for you…
this is my problem ,
my wireless router does not appear in the " manage wireless connections "
how do i connect??
plz help;
thnx;
my email:
erjonkatrini@yahoo.com

]]> By: Ryan http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18193 Ryan Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:35:02 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18193 Thx alot...not its work on my vista...i got headache searching for an answer...but this time it work perfectly Thx alot…not its work on my vista…i got headache searching for an answer…but this time it work perfectly

]]> By: Watching The Net http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18048 Watching The Net Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:43:29 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18048 @Paul M I can assure you it works on most PC's. Why it won;t work on yours, is something that you will either need to dig further or go back to XP (after all, isn't that the way Windows always is). One tip I have come across in a couple of situations, when it would not work, was to enable broadcasting and make the connection with the Vista PC to the wireless router. After setting the option (shown above in article), disable broadcasting. If it still won't work for you, then don't worry about it and move on. Disabling broadcasting on your wireless router does nothing for security. Making sure you have strong encryption enabled is the better way to make use of your time. @Paul M

I can assure you it works on most PC's. Why it won;t work on yours, is something that you will either need to dig further or go back to XP (after all, isn't that the way Windows always is). One tip I have come across in a couple of situations, when it would not work, was to enable broadcasting and make the connection with the Vista PC to the wireless router. After setting the option (shown above in article), disable broadcasting.

If it still won't work for you, then don't worry about it and move on. Disabling broadcasting on your wireless router does nothing for security. Making sure you have strong encryption enabled is the better way to make use of your time.

]]> By: Paul M http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18045 Paul M Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:56:06 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-18045 This would be a great tip, if it actually worked. My SSID is hidden, I've set all the options that you've listed here even before I found this page. Vista is literally doing ... *nothing*. The connection is there, I know because I've got an XP laptop using it right now, I've entered in all the details into vista under "manage wireless networks" and it flat out refuses to do anything at all. I'm thrown back to a menu where it shows me a list of Wireless access points that it has picked up, shockingly enough because mine is hidden is does not appear in the list. From this point I'm 100% screwed. I can not stand all the dumbing down and fragmenting of menus and options relating to network settings in this god forsaken operating system. Before it was all controlled from the adaptor settings menu in XP, now we have 3 different places to control the same thing, and NONE OF IT WORKS. This would be a great tip, if it actually worked.
My SSID is hidden, I've set all the options that you've listed here even before I found this page.
Vista is literally doing … *nothing*.
The connection is there, I know because I've got an XP laptop using it right now, I've entered in all the details into vista under "manage wireless networks" and it flat out refuses to do anything at all.

I'm thrown back to a menu where it shows me a list of Wireless access points that it has picked up, shockingly enough because mine is hidden is does not appear in the list. From this point I'm 100% screwed.

I can not stand all the dumbing down and fragmenting of menus and options relating to network settings in this god forsaken operating system. Before it was all controlled from the adaptor settings menu in XP, now we have 3 different places to control the same thing, and NONE OF IT WORKS.

]]> By: Ricardo http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-16784 Ricardo Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:29:33 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-16784 My wireless network is recongnized by my computor but I cannot connect to the internet. The diagnosis says Hidden network wirless setting do not match. I have checked the "connect even if network is not broadcasting" box, but it still will not connect to the network. I can connect to my neighbors and orther wireless networks just not the Linksys at my home. My wireless network is recongnized by my computor but I cannot connect to the internet. The diagnosis says Hidden network wirless setting do not match. I have checked the "connect even if network is not broadcasting" box, but it still will not connect to the network. I can connect to my neighbors and orther wireless networks just not the Linksys at my home.

]]> By: greg http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-16237 greg Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:09:45 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-16237 Thank you for your help, i have been pulling out my hair for hours wondering why all of a sudden my Vista Laptop would not connect to my wireless network and my XP system would, even though it worked fine for weeks before! THANK YOU! Thank you for your help, i have been pulling out my hair for hours wondering why all of a sudden my Vista Laptop would not connect to my wireless network and my XP system would, even though it worked fine for weeks before!

THANK YOU!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-13402 Jeremy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:34:54 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-13402 This problem only seems to apply to Vista with Service Pack 1 installed. Without the service pack it behaves "normally". Did u ever get a fix for this problem? We're having exactly the same issue and it's causing huge headaches for all Vista laptop users in our organisation. This problem only seems to apply to Vista with Service Pack 1 installed. Without the service pack it behaves "normally".

Did u ever get a fix for this problem? We're having exactly the same issue and it's causing huge headaches for all Vista laptop users in our organisation.

]]> By: Watching The Net http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-12694 Watching The Net Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:09:55 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-12694 @Annoyed With Vista Good point. I have not been able to find a work around and would also be interested in finding out why Vista behaves this way. @Annoyed With Vista

Good point. I have not been able to find a work around and would also be interested in finding out why Vista behaves this way.

]]> By: Annoyed With Vista http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-12693 Annoyed With Vista Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:12:15 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/force-vista-to-connect-to-wireless-network-when-ssid-is-disabled-or-not-not-bradcasting.html#comment-12693 This doesnt seem to work if you first try to connect to a network that was hidden, and then you tick the box. Windows Vista seems to somehow remember its "bad experience" from the first attempt and no amount of enabling SSID broadcasting or ticking boxes is going to make it change its mind. Is there some file or registry entry that can deleted to force it to clear its memory of the time when it tried to connect whilst the box was unchecked? This doesnt seem to work if you first try to connect to a network that was hidden, and then you tick the box. Windows Vista seems to somehow remember its "bad experience" from the first attempt and no amount of enabling SSID broadcasting or ticking boxes is going to make it change its mind. Is there some file or registry entry that can deleted to force it to clear its memory of the time when it tried to connect whilst the box was unchecked?

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