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[Brunotheboxer]

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[allanofcalifornia]

Originally Posted by vh_bu98

Not necessarily. My MacBook Pro would have a hard time picking up my Wi-Fi at times because I had my SSID set to hidden. I had to set it to visible to eliminate the problem.

What do you mean set to hidden? Not broadcast? I set up my MacBook Pro to remember my SSID and it automatically logs into my network all the time.


Allan

[Green Sub]

Originally Posted by vh_bu98

Not necessarily. My MacBook Pro would have a hard time picking up my Wi-Fi at times because I had my SSID set to hidden. I had to set it to visible to eliminate the problem.

I have a client with a hidden SSID. They frequently have issues like this. What a waste IMHO. Someone with a packet sniffer could get the hidden SSID anyway. Better to broadcast and use WPA with a stong passphrase in my opinion.

[allanofcalifornia]

Originally Posted by Green Sub

I have a client with a hidden SSID. They frequently have issues like this. What a waste IMHO. Someone with a packet sniffer could get the hidden SSID anyway. Better to broadcast and use WPA with a stong passphrase in my opinion.

Why not both? Don't broadcast your SSID and also use a password.


Allan

[vh_bu98]

Originally Posted by allanofcalifornia

Why not both? Don't broadcast your SSID and also use a password.


Allan

I was doing both, but at times my MBP wouldn't connect even if I did a manual connect. I tried it with my Dell and iPhone and both were able to connect. This doesn't happen often, but I just got annoyed and just unhid my SSID.

[kcmo]

OK, I'm back online!

Turns out my router was fine, but for some reason got it's settings thrown off...maybe during a power outage... Anyway, I am THRILLED to be back online at home. Hopefully I stay connected this time!

Thanks again for everyone's advice!

[ijen0311]

Originally Posted by kcmo

OK, I'm back online!

Turns out my router was fine, but for some reason got it's settings thrown off...maybe during a power outage... Anyway, I am THRILLED to be back online at home. Hopefully I stay connected this time!

Thanks again for everyone's advice!

[onkyo]

Glad you are back online.... and make sure you have an anti-virus running in the background!

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by onkyo

Glad you are back online.... and make sure you have an anti-virus running in the background!

Thanks! Oh yeh, it's KASPERSKY for me!

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by ijen0311

Cute pooch! Thanks Jen!

[mikey]

There are 3 Macs and 2 iphones running on WiFi at all times. I decided to changed my router name to Nosey Neighbors. We never turn our Macs off and when opened instantly connect to WiFi but we only had to select Nosey Neighbors instead of the preivous name to get going.

[allanofcalifornia]

Originally Posted by kcmo

OK, I'm back online!

Turns out my router was fine, but for some reason got it's settings thrown off...maybe during a power outage... Anyway, I am THRILLED to be back online at home. Hopefully I stay connected this time!

Thanks again for everyone's advice!

Welcome back online!! Glad everything is good!


Allan

[TheDude]

I was thinking of two possible scenarios in case this ever happens again...


1) In Windows, there is a setting that can cause the adapter to choose the "next available" WiFi network. It is possible that it selected a different SSID (perhaps a neighbor's) and the settings were incompatible, or required a passcode.

2) The wireless AP might have been set to only accept 802.11g or b clients, but not both simultaneously. One possibility is that the new work laptop had connected as a g device, and your old laptop might be a b adapter. The settings on the router might have been set to reject b clients if a g client is connected (this will reduce the speed for g devices so that option is included on some routers to prevent this).

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by TheDude

I was thinking of two possible scenarios in case this ever happens again...


1) In Windows, there is a setting that can cause the adapter to choose the "next available" WiFi network. It is possible that it selected a different SSID (perhaps a neighbor's) and the settings were incompatible, or required a passcode.

2) The wireless AP might have been set to only accept 802.11g or b clients, but not both simultaneously. One possibility is that the new work laptop had connected as a g device, and your old laptop might be a b adapter. The settings on the router might have been set to reject b clients if a g client is connected (this will reduce the speed for g devices so that option is included on some routers to prevent this).

Hmmm, interesting... I don't think it was a case of #1, but who knows. Number 2 concerns me more since I occasionally take my work laptop home. I definitely don't want to encounter this problem again!