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There are actually couple ways of dealing with it:
If this is a laptop PC you got, chances are there is just a simple
mechanical switch that disables antenna (hence any wireless networking). I
have it on my Toshiba SatellitePro.
The other way to do it would be to go into "Network Connections", and open
properties of "Wireless Network Connection". (I'm assuming that since
you've just got the PC, it's a Win XP machine). On the "Wireless Networks"
tab simply remove the "SMC" connection. You can always hit "Refresh" and
see it back again, but then why would you?
Good luck!
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J-Man wrote:
> Thanks for your help! Now ... is there any way to disable whatever it
> is
> that's finding this network so that it's not constantly running in the
> background? I don't want to permanently remove it, in case I ever get
> around to using it at a legitimate site.
> "Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com)"
> <info_at_cabling-design_dot_com@foo.com> wrote
> in message news:f088d791ff67d4fcbe8976d125fd58e3@news.teranews.com...
>> Well, it WOULD be nice to use that connection, but it belongs to
>> your
>> neighbor. There has been a whole 150+ messages discussion on the
>> subject
>> back in 2003. We still keep it in our archive here.
>>
>>
>>
http://www.cabling-design.com/forums/article.php?id_article=8983&grp_id=24&push=1
>>
>> Read the posts there, you should be able to get a pretty clear
>> picture.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD
>>
http://www.cabling-design.com
>> Cabling Forum, color codes, pinouts and other useful resources for
>> premises cabling users and pros
>>
http://www.cabling-design.com/homecabling
>> Residential Cabling Guide
>> -------------------------------------
>> J-Man wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I just got my first computer with wireless capability
>>> (802.11g);
>> > whenever I
>> > start it up, it seems to find a wireless connection
>>> somewhere. I have
>> > no
>> > idea where this is coming from. When I try to check into it,
>>> it says
>> > "Available Networks: SMC"; signal strength:
>>> Excellent; Speed:
>> > 36.0 Mbps;
>> > Connection: Associated; SSID: SMC; AP's MAC Address: 00:04:E2
>>> (and some
>> > more
>> > numbers); Security: Disabled; Network Connection Type:
>>> Infrastructure;
>>
>> > I only have a dial-up connection (I can't get DSL where I
>>> live), so it
>> > would
>> > be nice to be able to access this network, but how do I know
>>> if (1) it
>> > is a
>> > publicly accessible network and (2) if so, how do I connect?
>>
>> > Thanks for your help!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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