Disconnecting

3 May 2005 2:50 AM

dkelling

I am using a Dell laptop with buil-in wireless. I connect to my home wireless
network with WEP encryption enable. I connect to the network and works okay
for a few minutes. The it will say on bottom right that "one or wireless
connections are available". Then I have to go back and select connect to my
home network again. Is there anyway to tell it to ignore other networks or
connect only to my network?

Thanks

3 May 2005 12:17 PM

Malke

dkelling wrote:

> I am using a Dell laptop with buil-in wireless. I connect to my home
> wireless network with WEP encryption enable. I connect to the network
> and works okay for a few minutes. The it will say on bottom right that
> "one or wireless connections are available". Then I have to go back
> and select connect to my home network again. Is there anyway to tell
> it to ignore other networks or connect only to my network?
>
> Thanks

Yes. Look in the advanced Wireless settings (right-click on the
connection). There is a place to tell it to only connect to preferred
networks. Here are some links to wireless information that might be
helpful to you:

Wireless - Basic Configuration -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5

Malke

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