Wireless Laptop Connection Problem

[Aldom92]

i have Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router that i use at home. 
i have the SSID Broadcast disabled.
i use WPA2 Authentication, PSK, TKIP
my laptop is a dell inspiron 1525.

now the problem: when i try to connect wirelessly, it wont connect unless i enable the SSID Broadcast.  After i enable it and connect, then i can disable the ssid broadcast and my laptop will stay connected until i restart.  Does anyone have any idea why this is and what i could do to not have to enable the SSID Broadcast everytime i try to connect with my laptop?

[soybean]

Why are you disabling SSID broadcast?

[Aldom92]

so the SSID wont be broadcasted. ha

[soybean]

I just tried disabling SSID Broadcast in my D-Link DI-524 router and then restarting my notebook PC.  No worky.  So, I get the same results as you. 

I have book on networking that says, "For a more secure network, you can disable this function. Then, a wireless client must already know the network's SSID in order to join the network." 

I don't know how you go about making your wireless client remember the SSID, but that's what seems to be needed here.  Perhaps someone else will have some advise to give.

[Aldom92]

well, even if i type in the ssid, it still wont connect. my vista laptop connects with no problem. i jus find it strange how it wont connect unless ssid is enabled