Device cannot find a Disabled SSID Broadcast

[MetaFan]

I enabled the Wireless SSID Broadcast for ease in connecting my Incredible to the home network. But I like to hide my SSID from my neighbors. So after the successful wi-fi connection to the phone, I returned the router to Disable SSID Broadcast. Now the phone thinks the router is out of range.

My iPod Touch works perfectly.

 

[pheatton]

Mine is hidden to. I did not unhide it but added a profile for it.

 

[Cory Streater]

Mine is hidden and I had no problem connecting.

 

[rickmktg]

Had this same issue. Worked with broadcast on, not with broadcast off. Slowed speed from up to 300 to up to 54, and it worked, so that told me it was a G/N issue. Changed security from WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK to just WPA2-PSK and it worked great.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Mine is hidden to. I did not unhide it but added a profile for it.

How did you add a profile?

 

[Cory Streater]

settings > wireless & networks > wi-fi settings then scroll to the bottom and click on add wifi network.

 

[willymakit]

Mine is hidden and I had no problem connecting.

Same here.

 

[monkeymisfit]

Set mine up on friday worked fine, just need to enter everything manually

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Already tried that, Cory, thanks. I can't connect unless it's visible, and if I hide the SSID after I'm connected, the Evo drop the connection. Tried rickmktg's suggestions, too, and no joy.

If the SSID isn't being broadcast, the EVO tells me that connection is not in range.

This stinks.

 

[Cory Streater]

I've had that happen a *few* times before, but usually if I toggle the WiFi on and off a few times, and wait long enough, it will find it and attach itself. It sounds like your isn't intermittent though, so I'm not sure what it would be in your case. What model router do you have?

 

[IncredibleTom80]

my SSID is hidden and my Incredible connects fine too

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Well, I've gotten it to connect to hidden SSIDs intermittently, but not consistently. I guess I'll keep playing with it, and in the mean time add MAC filtering, too.

 

[xwera43]

I had to mess with mine a bit, enabling & disabling ssid visibility a few times before it stayed connected with my dsl router (same with my Eris but not my MotoDroid). I have wep & MAC setup too, I think maybe the routing tables just take a bit to write or something. Just a thought.

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[jacker]

I've had no problem and this is pre root and after.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Oddly enough, mine now seems to prefer to connect to my hidden wireless rather than a stronger non-hidden one.

I've actually got two wireless signals in my house. An 802.11n router upstairs at one end of the house, and an 802.11g access point downstairs at the other end. The 11n has the SSID hidden, and 11g, at the moment, visible. Even downstairs, where the access point signal is much stronger, my EVO now chooses to connect to the weaker, hidden signal. Weird.

I guess I'll try hiding the SSID of the access point next.

 

[Rji2goleez]

Check your router to see if it has WPS (wifi protected setup) enabled. If so, disable it and your 'n' speed router should work fine with a hidden ssid and encryption. I was having similar issues as described above. First, I lowered the speed to 'g' and successfully connected to a hidden ssid. But then I tinkered a bit more and found that disabling my router's WPS allowed me to connect to a hidden ssid with any encryption method.