Other available network appears and I lose my connection

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I have my wireless network at home and I can connect fine.
I'm normally connected for a short while then the wireless network
connection icon in the system tray at the bottom right of my screen
says "there is more than one available wireless network available"
When this happens I get disconnected and I have to reconnect. This is
most frustrating!
I can then see that there's another wireless network, obviously in the
vicinity, because it seems that XP is scanning for other networks.

I've seen this other network listed in my wireless network connection
properties and i've even removed it from the 'preferred networks'
section but it still keeps re-appearing and disconnecting me.

What can I do to let my wireless card only find my wireless network
and not look for others?

Just for the record, I'm running a couple of laptops from the router
and until now I have been using WEP to encrypt. I've now decided to
change this and set up an accesss list through my router's wireless
settings as I have no great need for my data to be so secure but I
don't want others being able to use my connnection.

Many thanks

Steven

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

I'm having this same problem and the 'Automatically connect to non-preferred
networks' is disabled. All the unwanted networks are removed from my
preferred list, yet I keep getting disconnect after about 10 minutes and it
gives me the message that a number of wireless networks is availble and to
click to pick one to connect to.

I'm running a HP Pavillion Zx5000 laptop and connecting to my roommate's
Linksys G router. The pavillion has a Broadcom G wireless device.

"JR" wrote:

> Steven,
>
> In the settings of your Wifi connection disable
> the "Automotically connect to non-preferred networks".
> After this, delete the unwanted network from the
> preferred list....
> It will never disturb you again.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have my wireless network at home and I can connect
> fine.
> >I'm normally connected for a short while then the
> wireless network
> >connection icon in the system tray at the bottom right
> of my screen
> >says "there is more than one available wireless network
> available"
> >When this happens I get disconnected and I have to
> reconnect. This is
> >most frustrating!
> >I can then see that there's another wireless network,
> obviously in the
> >vicinity, because it seems that XP is scanning for other
> networks.
> >
> >I've seen this other network listed in my wireless
> network connection
> >properties and i've even removed it from the 'preferred
> networks'
> >section but it still keeps re-appearing and
> disconnecting me.
> >
> >What can I do to let my wireless card only find my
> wireless network
> >and not look for others?
> >
> >Just for the record, I'm running a couple of laptops
> from the router
> >and until now I have been using WEP to encrypt. I've
> now decided to
> >change this and set up an accesss list through my
> router's wireless
> >settings as I have no great need for my data to be so
> secure but I
> >don't want others being able to use my connnection.
> >
> >Many thanks
> >
> >Steven
> >.
> >
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

"Thom" <Thom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<BA6FC976-6FC0-4AA6-8D8E-6DA69BC9EDF4@microsoft.com>...
> I'm having this same problem and the 'Automatically connect to non-preferred
> networks' is disabled. All the unwanted networks are removed from my
> preferred list, yet I keep getting disconnect after about 10 minutes and it
> gives me the message that a number of wireless networks is availble and to
> click to pick one to connect to.
>

Are you hiding the SSID? Have a look:
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Had that problem with Microsoft router and adapter before installing SP".
It no longer disconnects. Configuration software seems excellent.

"Thom" <Thom@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
67F5404D-F096-4B70-BA82-BE5AC312D0D9@microsoft.com...
> I'm pretty sure that it is. My roommate doesn't seem to have the problems
> that I do. Of course, he's using the wirelss card that came with the
> router,
> so that may be helping him.
>
> I'm using the onboard Wireless networking that came with my notebook. A
> Broadcom G card.
>
> "jr" wrote:
>
>> "Thom" <Thom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:<BA6FC976-6FC0-4AA6-8D8E-6DA69BC9EDF4@microsoft.com>...
>> > I'm having this same problem and the 'Automatically connect to
>> > non-preferred
>> > networks' is disabled. All the unwanted networks are removed from my
>> > preferred list, yet I keep getting disconnect after about 10 minutes
>> > and it
>> > gives me the message that a number of wireless networks is availble and
>> > to
>> > click to pick one to connect to.
>> >
>>
>> Are you hiding the SSID? Have a look:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Similar PC, same problem. I have a HP Pavillion with a built-in Broadcom
card and a D-Link 802.11b router. If I don't have traffic on the air for 5
or 10 minutes, I lose the connection. The card and software still see the
wireless signal, but I can't use the connection. I've tried many of the
suggestions from this group (THANKS! to all who help) such as disable WZC,
change channels, make sure the router is broadcasting the SSID, but nothing
seems to stop the disconnect.

The repair command works fine, but the disconnect can be a pain at times.

"Thom" wrote:

> SSID is Broadcasting. We've tried changing the channels from 6 to 11, but
> still getting the disconnects. I'm hoping that maybe SP2 will address some
> of these problems.
>
> I'm a novice at wireless connections, but I just find it odd that as strong
> of a signal as I have with the network my roommate is using that it's
> disconnecting every 10 minutes on me and when he's running his notebook on
> the network, he's not having the problem whatsoever. There's a difference in
> hardware, but I didn't think it would make that much of a difference...he
> using an IBM laptop with a Linksys card and me an HP laptop with
> onboard(broadcom) networking.
>
> "jr" wrote:
>
> > "Thom" <Thom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<BA6FC976-6FC0-4AA6-8D8E-6DA69BC9EDF4@microsoft.com>...
> > > I'm having this same problem and the 'Automatically connect to non-preferred
> > > networks' is disabled. All the unwanted networks are removed from my
> > > preferred list, yet I keep getting disconnect after about 10 minutes and it
> > > gives me the message that a number of wireless networks is availble and to
> > > click to pick one to connect to.
> > >
> >
> > Are you hiding the SSID? Have a look:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
> >

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Yes, good idea. And I had the same thought earlier. I checked it then, and
rechecked it just now. It says the "Power Save Mode" is disabled. Also, I
tried turning off all the power-save settings for the PC and leaving it
plugged it. I still lost the connection.

Thanks for contributing to the discussion.


"Malke" wrote:

> tec wrote:
>
> > Similar PC, same problem. I have a HP Pavillion with a built-in
> > Broadcom
> > card and a D-Link 802.11b router. If I don't have traffic on the air
> > for 5
> > or 10 minutes, I lose the connection. The card and software still see
> > the
> > wireless signal, but I can't use the connection. I've tried many of
> > the suggestions from this group (THANKS! to all who help) such as
> > disable WZC, change channels, make sure the router is broadcasting the
> > SSID, but nothing seems to stop the disconnect.
> >
> > The repair command works fine, but the disconnect can be a pain at
> > times.
> >
> > "Thom" wrote:
> >
> >> SSID is Broadcasting. We've tried changing the channels from 6 to
> >> 11, but
> >> still getting the disconnects. I'm hoping that maybe SP2 will
> >> address some of these problems.
> >>
> >> I'm a novice at wireless connections, but I just find it odd that as
> >> strong of a signal as I have with the network my roommate is using
> >> that it's disconnecting every 10 minutes on me and when he's running
> >> his notebook on
> >> the network, he's not having the problem whatsoever. There's a
> >> difference in hardware, but I didn't think it would make that much of
> >> a difference...he using an IBM laptop with a Linksys card and me an
> >> HP laptop with onboard(broadcom) networking.
> >>
> >> "jr" wrote:
> >>
> >> > "Thom" <Thom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:<BA6FC976-6FC0-4AA6-8D8E-6DA69BC9EDF4@microsoft.com>...
> >> > > I'm having this same problem and the 'Automatically connect to
> >> > > non-preferred
> >> > > networks' is disabled. All the unwanted networks are removed
> >> > > from my preferred list, yet I keep getting disconnect after about
> >> > > 10 minutes and it gives me the message that a number of wireless
> >> > > networks is availble and to click to pick one to connect to.
> >> > >
>
> Find the card's entry in Device Manager and look at its properties. See
> if there is an entry to allow Windows power management to turn off the
> device and if there is, make sure it is unchecked.
>
> Malke
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