Neighbors have wireless..maybe causing problems for my wir..

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Hi there,

Checking for 'available networks' (XP) reveals that some of my neighbors
must have added wireless over the holidays..and I'm noticing that my own
wireless connection (Linksys 802.11b) is prone to dropping the connection
(even though I've identified it as the one to search and automatically
connect to).

The signal strength from some of these new networks looks as strong as my
own network..could they be causing problems for my own wireless network?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Dave

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

Tony - thanks - changing the channel - best accomplished through the router
interface window in IE? It's been a while since I set this up...

Appreciate the help.

Dave

"Tony" wrote:

> "Crewe Dave" <CreweDave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:914B1D64-8D6B-4A7D-8E33-B7B3496B31C2@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Checking for 'available networks' (XP) reveals that some of my neighbors
> > must have added wireless over the holidays..and I'm noticing that my own
> > wireless connection (Linksys 802.11b) is prone to dropping the connection
> > (even though I've identified it as the one to search and automatically
> > connect to).
> >
> > The signal strength from some of these new networks looks as strong as my
> > own network..could they be causing problems for my own wireless network?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Dave
>
> Maybe, have you tried using a different channel IIRC 1, 6 or 11 (non
> overlapping channels) give the best connection.
>
>
>