Cannot Disable SSID on BEFW11S4 Ver 4 with WPA Pre-Share KEY



Problem: When I disable Broadcast SSID my laptop cannot find the
network. As long as

broadcast SSID is enabled it works OK.

Router COnfig: Linksys BEFW11S4 Version 4 Firmware 1.52.02 (most
currennt)
Wireless: Enabled

BASIC WIRELES SETUP TAB
SSID: I created a unique ID
Wireless Channel: 11
Wireless SSID Broadcast: Disabled

WIRELESS SECURITY TAB
Wireless Security: Enabled
Security Mode: WPA Pre-Shared Key
Group Key Renewal: 3600

WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS TAD
Wireless Network Access: Allow all (I plan to enable MAC filtering once
I get this to work)

ADVANCED WIRELESS SETTINGS TAB
Basic rate: 1-2-4-11 Mbps
Control TX Rate: 1-2-4-11 Mbps
Preamble Type: Long preamble
Authentication: Auto )Default)
Antenna Selection: Diversity (Default)
Beacon INterval: 50
DTIM INterval: 1
Fragmentation Interval: 2346
RTS THreshold: 2432


Laptop
Windows XP SP2

Linksys WPC11 Version 4 NIC
Driver Version : 5.158.1001.2003

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