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On my Toshiba Satellite P25-S670 laptop, I set up a network called "HOME"
using an ad-hoc connection to another computer in my home. I have an Atheros
AR5001X wireless network adapter, and have Win XP Professional. Before
installing SP2 yesterday it would intermittently work and not work (connect &
disconnect, or show connection very low, sometimes excellent). Now when I
click on the wireless icon it says "not connected", and under "view available
wireless networks" it shows my network called "home" and another one called
"default", an unsecured wireless network which is connected, but I don't know
to what (we live 10 miles from the smallest town so there isn't any other
network near us up here). It shows my Home network (computer-to-computer
network) not connected. First, I can't find out how to get rid of the
"default" network, and second, I can't see a way to connect to my Home
network. It is set up for ad-hoc networks only, no check by automatically
connect to non-preferred networks, the firewall is off for now until I figure
this out. What seems strange is that in network connections, it shows my
wireless connection as "Wireless network Connection 4", but if I click on
"configure" beside the Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network, it shows that as
"Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter #2". I only have one wireless
network connection (or adapter), so where did the "4" come from? By the way,
no resource conflicts shown, everything looks fine in device manager. The
internet connection that is shared is Direcway satellite. Any ideas would be
helpful. Thanks.
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L
On my Toshiba Satellite P25-S670 laptop, I set up a network called "HOME"
using an ad-hoc connection to another computer in my home. I have an Atheros
AR5001X wireless network adapter, and have Win XP Professional. Before
installing SP2 yesterday it would intermittently work and not work (connect &
disconnect, or show connection very low, sometimes excellent). Now when I
click on the wireless icon it says "not connected", and under "view available
wireless networks" it shows my network called "home" and another one called
"default", an unsecured wireless network which is connected, but I don't know
to what (we live 10 miles from the smallest town so there isn't any other
network near us up here). It shows my Home network (computer-to-computer
network) not connected. First, I can't find out how to get rid of the
"default" network, and second, I can't see a way to connect to my Home
network. It is set up for ad-hoc networks only, no check by automatically
connect to non-preferred networks, the firewall is off for now until I figure
this out. What seems strange is that in network connections, it shows my
wireless connection as "Wireless network Connection 4", but if I click on
"configure" beside the Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network, it shows that as
"Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter #2". I only have one wireless
network connection (or adapter), so where did the "4" come from? By the way,
no resource conflicts shown, everything looks fine in device manager. The
internet connection that is shared is Direcway satellite. Any ideas would be
helpful. Thanks.
--
L