Interfering network

I have router & modem connecting via Comcast, 1 laptop with XP Home. It is
properly set up and has been working well until rrecently when called an
unsecured network called Weatherby seems to take over. I finally zapped
weatherby from a list of available connections, but it still interferes from
time to time and it takes a lot of fiddling to get MY connection back.
When I click on view Available Wireless Networks - my own will show up as
it's supposed to, but every now and then Weatherby shows up alone.

What's going on? What can I do about it? Thanks....

Windwatcher wrote:

>I have router & modem connecting via Comcast, 1 laptop with XP Home. It is
>properly set up and has been working well until rrecently when called an
>unsecured network called Weatherby seems to take over. I finally zapped
>weatherby from a list of available connections, but it still interferes from
>time to time and it takes a lot of fiddling to get MY connection back.
>When I click on view Available Wireless Networks - my own will show up as
>it's supposed to, but every now and then Weatherby shows up alone.
>
>What's going on? What can I do about it? Thanks....
>
>
>
>
Try a different channel for your network?

Try using Net Stumbler or some such to determine the channel of
Weatherby. Then choose a channel at least 5 channels away (1,6 and 11
work best with 802.11b and 802.11g networks because those channels have
the most separation from each other).

Windwatcher wrote:
> I have router & modem connecting via Comcast, 1 laptop with XP Home. It is
> properly set up and has been working well until rrecently when called an
> unsecured network called Weatherby seems to take over. I finally zapped
> weatherby from a list of available connections, but it still interferes from
> time to time and it takes a lot of fiddling to get MY connection back.
> When I click on view Available Wireless Networks - my own will show up as
> it's supposed to, but every now and then Weatherby shows up alone.
>
> What's going on? What can I do about it? Thanks....
>
>

You might try to configure the XP O/S to not roam with the Wireless Zero
Configuration Service so that it doesn't pick-up other networks in your
area by disabling WZCS.

Duane

Windwatcher wrote:
> I have router & modem connecting via Comcast, 1 laptop with XP Home.
> It is properly set up and has been working well until rrecently when
> called an unsecured network called Weatherby seems to take over. I
> finally zapped weatherby from a list of available connections, but it
> still interferes from time to time and it takes a lot of fiddling to
> get MY connection back. When I click on view Available Wireless
> Networks - my own will show
> up as it's supposed to, but every now and then Weatherby shows up
> alone.
> What's going on? What can I do about it? Thanks....

Change the channel in the router, broadcast your SSID.

Q

Thanks for the help. I'm assuming this means to uncheck "Use windows to
configure my wireless network settings" in network connections properties,
I couldn't find anything for Zero Configuration.