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A wireless oddity
Hi all, i'm having a few issues with our "el cheapo" wireless cards (Dick Smith Electronics brand if anybodies familiar) trying to connect to the access point (Linksys WAP54G)
Whats happening is the DSE wireless card refuses to connect to the AP if it has the SSID turned off, I can configure and tell Windows (XPsp2) what the SSID and WPA settings are all I want but unless I turn the SSID beacon on on the AP I don't get squat (It's almost as if Windows isn't listening to me)
Admittedly I don't know a great deal about the way it all works, but it doesn't make sense. Theoretically all I should require is an SSID and WPA key to be set.
Sure I could keep the SSID transmitting but i'd far prefer to know what the card (or Windows) is doing than simply keeping SSID enabled and being done with it
Is anybody aware of this happening elsewhere?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated
Whats happening is the DSE wireless card refuses to connect to the AP if it has the SSID turned off, I can configure and tell Windows (XPsp2) what the SSID and WPA settings are all I want but unless I turn the SSID beacon on on the AP I don't get squat (It's almost as if Windows isn't listening to me)
Admittedly I don't know a great deal about the way it all works, but it doesn't make sense. Theoretically all I should require is an SSID and WPA key to be set.
Sure I could keep the SSID transmitting but i'd far prefer to know what the card (or Windows) is doing than simply keeping SSID enabled and being done with it
Is anybody aware of this happening elsewhere?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated
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