Airport does not recognize available network

If I broadcast my network SSID Airport detects the network and logs on to the network OK. When  the network does not broadcast the SSID, Airport no longer detects or logs on to the network. When I make the change to no broadcast my computer's time of day also changes. I prefer not to broadcast the network SSID because I have experienced hacking of my network by a neighborhood techie.

First, let me apologize. This is my first day on the forum and I clicked on an area that I thought was a good place to start. My operating system is actually 10.6.8.
To answer your question, the encryption used is WPA2-PSK. My router is a Netgear WNDR3700.
I have also unchecked "Set date and time Automatically". And the current time is now showing. I didn't have the time problem when the SSID was broadcast.
Thanks for your response.

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