Manually setting Non-Broadcast SSID on Vista

I have read the technet document on Non Broadcast SSID and I understand why
you wouldn't want to use them. But from a testing standpoint customers still
want to use them so I am testing this feature with our Wireless Switch
Solution.
My Question is if you are setting up your SSID Manually and you select
"Manually connect to a wireless network" Then you Type in the Network Name
select your security type.
Then you select Connect even if the network is not broadcasting. My Problem
is if I select Start this connection automatically then my Non-Broadcast SSID
will not show up in my connect to a network. If I deselect this option then
my NonBroadcast SSID will show up in my Connect to a Network.
Is this by design or do you think this is an issue. I am wondering if other
people have had this problem. I didn't notice this in the article I have
read.

> I have read the technet document on Non Broadcast SSID and I understand why
> you wouldn't want to use them. But from a testing standpoint customers still
> want to use them so I am testing this feature with our Wireless Switch
> Solution.
> My Question is if you are setting up your SSID Manually and you select
> "Manually connect to a wireless network" Then you Type in the Network Name
> select your security type.
> Then you select Connect even if the network is not broadcasting. My Problem
> is if I select Start this connection automatically then my Non-Broadcast SSID
> will not show up in my connect to a network. If I deselect this option then
> my NonBroadcast SSID will show up in my Connect to a Network.
> Is this by design or do you think this is an issue. I am wondering if other
> people have had this problem. I didn't notice this in the article I have
> read.

Can I rephrase this? Is the question "can I automatically connect to a
network that does not broadcast the SSID?"

If that's the question then I believe the answer is no, by design. The
problem is that if you do that automatically then you will automatically
connect to a rogue network with the same SSID that does broadcast the SSID.

Thats what I thought Thanks for the info

"Jesper" wrote:

> > I have read the technet document on Non Broadcast SSID and I understand why
> > you wouldn't want to use them. But from a testing standpoint customers still
> > want to use them so I am testing this feature with our Wireless Switch
> > Solution.
> > My Question is if you are setting up your SSID Manually and you select
> > "Manually connect to a wireless network" Then you Type in the Network Name
> > select your security type.
> > Then you select Connect even if the network is not broadcasting. My Problem
> > is if I select Start this connection automatically then my Non-Broadcast SSID
> > will not show up in my connect to a network. If I deselect this option then
> > my NonBroadcast SSID will show up in my Connect to a Network.
> > Is this by design or do you think this is an issue. I am wondering if other
> > people have had this problem. I didn't notice this in the article I have
> > read.
>
> Can I rephrase this? Is the question "can I automatically connect to a
> network that does not broadcast the SSID?"
>
> If that's the question then I believe the answer is no, by design. The
> problem is that if you do that automatically then you will automatically
> connect to a rogue network with the same SSID that does broadcast the SSID.