need help stopping connection to neighboring WiFi. PLEASE HELP

[senator32]

Hi,

My problem is simple. I have a laptop in my upstairs office that connects to our wireless newtrok just fine. HOWEVER about ever 5 minutes the connection is dropped and it says "Multiple WiFi networks...blah diddi blah" There is apparently a non-secure linksys router in my neighborhood. I have tryed to set my perferred networks in windows, and i have made sure (using NetStumbler) that both APs are on different channels, but nothing helped. Is it possible to block a neighboring WiFi network from being seen? Is there a program i need. I am currently just using windows networking, no other 3rd party applet.

PLEASE HELP I MUST GET THIS RESOLVED

 

[Fardringle]

There isn't any easy way to make it so that your computer cannot 'see' other wireless networks in the area that are openly broadcasting. If your network is configured properly then you shouldn't be getting dropped connections like you are having. I suspect there is some wireless interference (2.4Ghz cordless phone, etc.) or hardware incompatibility that is causing the connection problems in the first place. Eliminate that interference and you likely won't have any more problems. You can also configure your computer so that it will not try to connect to the neighbor's router when you do get disconnected from your own router.

Make sure that your neighbor's Linksys router is not listed at all in the Preferred Networks list, then click on the Advanced button in the Wireless Network Connection Properties window. In the Advanced settings window, un-check the box next to Automatically connect to non-preferred networks. Click OK twice to exit the wireless configuration window and from that point on your computer should not connect to any wireless networks other than what is listed under Preferred Networks unless you specifically tell it to do so.