How to pin a default wireless network connection on Windows Vista?
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I have dozens of wireless connections in my area. I have hidden SSID braodcast of my network.Every time I bring up the computer it connects to one of the several networks in the area. How do I make it to choose and connect only to my wireless network all the time?
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I have dozens of wireless connections in my area. I have hidden SSID braodcast of my network.Every time I bring up the computer it connects to one of the several networks in the area. How do I make it to choose and connect only to my wireless network all the time?
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First of all, Vista hates hidden SSID’s its a known issue, see
Second, hidden SSID’s really don’t help you , it only takes a few seconds to capture packets to figure out what SSID is being used by those that would like to use your connection.
To clear out or change the priority of connections, open the network and sharing center, then on the left side of the screen. click on the Manage Wireless Networks link. Simply move YOUR connection to the top of the list. Remove those you don’t want to use. For a step by step guide use
Now to secure your network, log in to your router, enable the SSID and set it to something specific like YOUR name or address or something unique for your use. Then ENABLE WPA TKIP encryption. Set a REAL password – 15-20 characters should be just fine. I usually make a sentance with numbers and dashes in it — something like “I use a Simple-encode 4 keeping my network SAFE from 2-100 would-be theft of wifi users” Then the password made from that would use the first letters and all numbers and dashes so the password in this case would be “IuaS-e4kmnSf2-100w-btowu”. It wont be decoded in less than 20 years and no one will try that long.
Log on to your computers, connect to the network input the password to connect and connect. Move that connection to the top of your list.
If you really insist on using a hidden SSID, then log back in to the router and HIDE it… but really you don’t need to hide it. It can be found. It’s seen as a blank by sniffers if its not encrypted I can tell you what SSID is being used in less than 2 seconds of sniffing. Don’t forget, Vista really would rather connect to an SSID it can “see”.
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1. Right-Click the Network icon on your desktop and select properties.
2. When the Network and Sharing comes up, select the Manage wireless networks.
3.Right-Click your SSID and move it all the way to the top by selecting move up.
4. You can also delete the other networks that you do not want to connect to by right-clicking it and selecting remove network.
That’s it.