Wireless Netoworks Collide!

[aolsucks]

I live in an area with multiple wireless networks, but i want to use my own, and ONLY my own. I use the wireless manager built into windows XP Pro and it constantly disconects from my signal and either drops them all or reconnects to a signal that is not mine and i do not want to be on. Is there a way i can block ALL other wireless signals except for mine?

All help is appreciated. The way it is now, my wireless is unusable and constantly drops, so i am using dialup even tho i have everything i need for a faster wireless connection, this is very frustrating. I am thinking that a 3rd party wireless connection manager would be the trick to fix this, or something to modify the windows XP wireless connection manager to block other networks. Does anyone know of anything like this or any other solution?

I have already tried all of the "classic" solutions listed on this forum: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9527463~mode=flat

 

[Falloutboy]

could try netstumbler or something like that I think with that you can specify which one you want to connect too

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Falloutboy525
could try netstumbler or something like that I think with that you can specify which one you want to connect too

Or you could update to SP2 RC2 and it's WiFi Manager you can specify in what priority it should connect to certain networks. On mine it will attempt to connect to my home network first and all others second.

 

[aolsucks]

Yeah, i am gonna try that but my worry is that it already has something like that, and it don't work right, are you sure the new one does?

 

[AFB]

Does it work if you use wep with your router ?

 

[aolsucks]

My router already has WEP encryption, and the neighbors does not. So withthat i gather it doesn't matter much cuz it still goes between them and disconnects whenever it wants.

ALSO... I tried installing SP2 and it tells me that i can't because my CD Key for windows may be invalid... is there a way around this?

 

[0roo0roo]

set yours to be the highest priority in windows when it shows avaliable networks. or just set to use x channel instead of automatic. you should be on either 1 6 11, more or less totally separate from each other. unless of course u or him are using super
G mode which fuxors with channel bonding and screws all around them

 

[ktwebb]

I tried installing SP2 and it tells me that i can't because my CD Key for windows may be invalid... is there a way around this?

Yes, purchase a legitimate copy of Windows.

 

[aolsucks]

What is X channel and is that in sp1 or sp2? or both? iether way how do i use it in iehter?

 

[ktwebb]

X Channel is like "X amount of dollars". "X number of switches in your network" Channel on a WLAN is a frequency set. Channel 6 for instance (usually the default channel on alot of AP's", is centered at 2.437 and is 22 Mhz wide. I believe he's suggesting you force the channel on your client device, instead of leaving it at automatic. Find out what channel your AP is running, and change it while your there to something higher or lower, then force the client to associate at that frequency, channel 1 for instance (2.412 Ghz)