| BTW, Vista does indeed support WEP, but as been said, it's been broken and shouldn't be used.
To add a network,
Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center (or right-click the little icon in the system tray and select the same)
Under "Tasks" on the left hand pane, select "Set up a connection or network"
Click "Manually connect to a wireless network" and hit next.
Fill in the required information, and you're set.
But, disabling the broadcast of your SSID does nothing for protecting your network. Just because the beacon transmission no longer contains the SSID doesn't mean your network isn't still using it. Tools exist that will sniff your packets and find your SSID and MAC addresses in seconds. Hiding it will only give yourself problems.
Just make sure you have WPA2 and AES enabled, with an impossible to guess passphrase and you're good to go. |