Windows – How to connect to wireless router when SSID isn’t broadcast

For access point to connect A >< B you would need something called a "wireless bridge". A would be connected to the internet and "bridged" to B, while devices would be wired to B.

Depending (as far as I know) on the devices you are using, they can only be used as a bridge or a access point seprately, not at the same time, although if you look for a high-price router/modem then you might be able to do what you are after.

Looks like you found it, but the lecture is still needed here because this is dangerous.

Hidden SSIDs are actually WORSE than security through obscurity. Not only is there the obvious problem, that someone with wireless sniffing software will still get the SSID, there's also the not so obvious problem - in turning off the SSID broadcast on the router, the client has to do a form of SSID broadcast instead, and this happens no matter where the computer is being used - any time the computer isn't connected to a more preferred network, it will be broadcasting looking for the hidden SSID.

This gives an attacker a tool that they can leverage to trick your computer into connecting to a hostile network. Now not only is your wireless network not safe at home, your computer isn't safe anywhere either.

Use the strongest possible encryption (sorry, WEP doesn't count anymore), and don't make the problem worse by shifting the SSID broadcast from the AP to the client.