On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:42:35 -0800 (PST), halo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I've kinda driven myself up the wall trying to figure this out:
>
>There are several wireless networks in range of my laptop. There's
>the one in my house (Let's call it "Router A"), and a few others that
>have a weak signal but are in range (Let's call any one of them
>"Router B"). My laptop will, at odd times and sometimes even during a
>windows session, disconnect from Router A, and automagically re-
>connect itself to Router B, without me even realizing it's happening
>until after the fact. Once I figure out that it's switched itself, I
>can easily go into "Wireless Networkiing Connection Status," click
>"View Wireless Networks," and reconnect to Router A.
>
>Is there a way to force the computer to only ever attach to Router A,
>and never attempt to attach to another router?
>
>Thanks a bunch in advance for helping,
>-HaloFX
1) Be sure that Router A is broadcasting the SSID.
2) Setup your WiFi client, with "Automatically connect to non-preferred
networks" disabled.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/11/make-your-wireless-computer-connect.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...r-connect.html
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
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