Having exactly the same issue; see's my "unsecured wireless network"; the
same one which works fine on all the xp boxes in the house and used to work
fine with my Beta2 vista install, but now with my RC1 install, it claims the
network is "hidden", whatever the he** that means, and fails to connect?!? I
can connect via an ethernet cable, but that kinda defeats the point of the
wireless.

Any progress with your issue?

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"BDGates" wrote:

I am having the same problem, Vista sees my network but refuses to connect to
it. Other computers running XP work fine. The diagnoze problem is totally
usless and the settings are buried so deep in Vista I can't find them again.
I too have had to run an ethernet cable across my room.

"MICHAEL" wrote:

"Fairy_Princess" wrote in message
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Well its finds it alright, it just refuses to connect. i prob am going to
have to buy an ethernet cable and wire up my room if i want to use vista on
the net in my room. its a pain

Try using the WinXP drivers or installation program... just try it.

-Michael

I was reading through all of these posts and found one that helped. I
upgraded the firmware on my wireless router and things seem to be working
fine now. Before it was constant drops, seeing, then not seeing the network.
The firmware update seems to have fixed the problem (I was using a linksys
router with firmware that was over 2 years old, so its not too suprising).
The only strange thing that is still happening is before my wireless card
light was on constantly and now it seems that it lights on and off with
network activity. Maybe a power saving feature....