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I have been using a Netgear wireless access point with my Dell Latitude for a
couple of years now without any troubles. Today, our wireless connection
keeps dropping. When I look at the available wireless networks, there are
now multiple options when there used to be only one. Apparently one of my
neighbors now has a wireless network. When I try to reconnect to my own
network after being dropped, it wouldn't connect. I discoverd that my
network authentication setting had changed from 'shared' to 'open'. I
switched it back and was able to connect. A few minutes later, the
connection dropped again. Sure enough, the authentication setting had
switched to 'open' again. Any idea why this is happening? -- or why the
availability of another network would cause my connection to drop?
I have been using a Netgear wireless access point with my Dell Latitude for a
couple of years now without any troubles. Today, our wireless connection
keeps dropping. When I look at the available wireless networks, there are
now multiple options when there used to be only one. Apparently one of my
neighbors now has a wireless network. When I try to reconnect to my own
network after being dropped, it wouldn't connect. I discoverd that my
network authentication setting had changed from 'shared' to 'open'. I
switched it back and was able to connect. A few minutes later, the
connection dropped again. Sure enough, the authentication setting had
switched to 'open' again. Any idea why this is happening? -- or why the
availability of another network would cause my connection to drop?