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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

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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