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      02-02-2010, 07:38 PM
In article <(E-Mail Removed) >, Barry
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> My wife has a laptop which four times out of five connects wirelessly to the
> our router. Every now and then it fails to connect fully i.e. it detects a
> network but does not connect. I have just realised what is happening; it is
> finding someone elses network which, because it is secure, cannot connect.
> How can I force it to pick up our router, I know I can search for networks,
> select and connect but I would like it to default to the right one. Short of
> breaking in next door and smashing his router what can I do?
> TIA
> Barry



Change the channel yours is on and make sure it doesn't have the same
SSID as a nearby one.

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