Another WIFI network keeps knocking me off of my own WIFI network

I have an MR814 Netgear WIFI router connected to a DSL modem.
Everything was working fine for months until yesterday when this new
network started to appear (named ez-home). Every 60 seconds my laptop
loses network connection (wireless connection unavailable) and then
connects to this other network ez-home (which I cant even use because
its encrypted). I then have to many click on the available networks
and reselect my own network, then everything works fine for another 60
seconds. If I go to the prefered networks list, my network is listed
at the top and the other network isnt even in the list. I havent yet
found the neighbor who owns this network, I live in an appartment
building. Is there anything I can do to keep my WIFI card from doing
this?

You need to contact Netgear support. This newsgroup supports Microsoft's
Broadband Networking hardware and software, not networking in general.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Sanjay Punjab" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an MR814 Netgear WIFI router connected to a DSL modem.
> Everything was working fine for months until yesterday when this new
> network started to appear (named ez-home). Every 60 seconds my laptop
> loses network connection (wireless connection unavailable) and then
> connects to this other network ez-home (which I cant even use because
> its encrypted). I then have to many click on the available networks
> and reselect my own network, then everything works fine for another 60
> seconds. If I go to the prefered networks list, my network is listed
> at the top and the other network isnt even in the list. I havent yet
> found the neighbor who owns this network, I live in an appartment
> building. Is there anything I can do to keep my WIFI card from doing
> this?

See the article in the latest PC Magazine regarding turning Windows Zero
Config off and on. With WZC disabled your wifi won't try to switch to
another provider.
Terry

"Sanjay Punjab" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> I have an MR814 Netgear WIFI router connected to a DSL modem.
> Everything was working fine for months until yesterday when this new
> network started to appear (named ez-home). Every 60 seconds my laptop
> loses network connection (wireless connection unavailable) and then
> connects to this other network ez-home (which I cant even use because
> its encrypted). I then have to many click on the available networks
> and reselect my own network, then everything works fine for another 60
> seconds. If I go to the prefered networks list, my network is listed
> at the top and the other network isnt even in the list. I havent yet
> found the neighbor who owns this network, I live in an appartment
> building. Is there anything I can do to keep my WIFI card from doing
> this?

Click the computer icon in the system tray, click properties. click on the
wireless networks tab. Click on advanced. Make sure that the automatically
connect to non-preferred networks is unchecked. See if that helps, if not
post back, and someone will probably have the answer.

Not sure why the other poster thinks that this is a Microsoft only group.

Steve

"Sanjay Punjab" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> I have an MR814 Netgear WIFI router connected to a DSL modem.
> Everything was working fine for months until yesterday when this new
> network started to appear (named ez-home). Every 60 seconds my laptop
> loses network connection (wireless connection unavailable) and then
> connects to this other network ez-home (which I cant even use because
> its encrypted). I then have to many click on the available networks
> and reselect my own network, then everything works fine for another 60
> seconds. If I go to the prefered networks list, my network is listed
> at the top and the other network isnt even in the list. I havent yet
> found the neighbor who owns this network, I live in an appartment
> building. Is there anything I can do to keep my WIFI card from doing
> this?

Read the name of the newsgroup. There are other newsgroups for general
networking questions. This newsgroup is for support of Microsoft's
Broadband Networking hardware and software. The hardware isn't Microsoft's
therefore we direct the user to contact the support section for that
company. Wouldn't look too good to tell someone to make a change and have
it goof up their LAN, would it?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Steve Carroll" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Click the computer icon in the system tray, click properties. click on
> the
> wireless networks tab. Click on advanced. Make sure that the
> automatically
> connect to non-preferred networks is unchecked. See if that helps, if not
> post back, and someone will probably have the answer.
>
> Not sure why the other poster thinks that this is a Microsoft only group.
>
> Steve

I see what happened, the original poster cross posted to several different
groups, my reply, and yours went to all of those groups. I replied from
alt.internet.wireless. I apologize to all these groups!

Steve

"Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Read the name of the newsgroup. There are other newsgroups for general
> networking questions. This newsgroup is for support of Microsoft's
> Broadband Networking hardware and software. The hardware isn't
Microsoft's
> therefore we direct the user to contact the support section for that
> company. Wouldn't look too good to tell someone to make a change and have
> it goof up their LAN, would it?
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "Steve Carroll" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Click the computer icon in the system tray, click properties. click on
> > the
> > wireless networks tab. Click on advanced. Make sure that the
> > automatically
> > connect to non-preferred networks is unchecked. See if that helps, if
not
> > post back, and someone will probably have the answer.
> >
> > Not sure why the other poster thinks that this is a Microsoft only
group.
> >
> > Steve
>
>

"Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Read the name of the newsgroup. There are other newsgroups for
> general networking questions. This newsgroup is for support of
> Microsoft's Broadband Networking hardware and software. The hardware
> isn't Microsoft's therefore we direct the user to contact the support
> section for that company. Wouldn't look too good to tell someone to
> make a change and have it goof up their LAN, would it?

I thought the OP was asking about a wireless situation Netgear, Linksys,
D-link, Belkin and others. And just in how the OP was talking, it seemed
to me he is talking MS. Most posters I have seen who are not using MS
will indicate otherwise as he or she post.

After all, this is alt.internet.wireless -- not alt.internet.wireless-
Microsoft-(only) and people who come here seek help on their wireless
issues no matter what O/S they may be using. It seems that the vast
majority of the time, someone will respond with an answer no matter what
the O/S may be.

It sounds like a Wireless Zero problem on the XP O/S.

Duane

The problem is, it was crossposted to
microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware.

Let's just let this die, or set followups appropriately.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns94CB5054F241notmenotmecoml@63.240.76.16...
> "Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > Read the name of the newsgroup. There are other newsgroups for
> > general networking questions. This newsgroup is for support of
> > Microsoft's Broadband Networking hardware and software. The hardware
> > isn't Microsoft's therefore we direct the user to contact the support
> > section for that company. Wouldn't look too good to tell someone to
> > make a change and have it goof up their LAN, would it?
>
> I thought the OP was asking about a wireless situation Netgear, Linksys,
> D-link, Belkin and others. And just in how the OP was talking, it seemed
> to me he is talking MS. Most posters I have seen who are not using MS
> will indicate otherwise as he or she post.
>
> After all, this is alt.internet.wireless -- not alt.internet.wireless-
> Microsoft-(only) and people who come here seek help on their wireless
> issues no matter what O/S they may be using. It seems that the vast
> majority of the time, someone will respond with an answer no matter what
> the O/S may be.
>
> It sounds like a Wireless Zero problem on the XP O/S.
>
> Duane
>
>

it was cross posted dummy.......


"Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Read the name of the newsgroup. There are other newsgroups for general
> networking questions. This newsgroup is for support of Microsoft's
> Broadband Networking hardware and software. The hardware isn't
Microsoft's
> therefore we direct the user to contact the support section for that
> company. Wouldn't look too good to tell someone to make a change and have
> it goof up their LAN, would it?
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "Steve Carroll" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Click the computer icon in the system tray, click properties. click on
> > the
> > wireless networks tab. Click on advanced. Make sure that the
> > automatically
> > connect to non-preferred networks is unchecked. See if that helps, if
not
> > post back, and someone will probably have the answer.
> >
> > Not sure why the other poster thinks that this is a Microsoft only
group.
> >
> > Steve
>
>

"Jason Tsang" <jason-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:OTkceIeIEHA.2844
@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

> The problem is, it was crossposted to
> microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware.
>
> Let's just let this die, or set followups appropriately.
>

Hey, you're right! Xnews didn't altert me to the situation on the
crossporting for some reason.

Yeah, let's do drop this.

Duane