Wireless Connection keeps dropping

My wireless connection (802.11g/b) keeps dropping when i
surf the web because Windows XP Home keeps finding new
available wireless connections in my building. After i
connect to my Base Station and start surfing, after a
while i get a dialog bubble from my system tray saying
that there are more than one wireless connections
available. How can i prevent this from happenning??!!

Hi Dano,

In Wireless Network Connection Properties you have section called "Preferred
networks". Remove all connections, except for the one you are using. Then
click Advanced, and unselect "Automatically connect to non-preferred
networks".

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Best Regards,
Sebastjan Kocelj, MCSA
Avtenta.SI
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
for Support Services

"dano" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8f4301c432da$84a0b340$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My wireless connection (802.11g/b) keeps dropping when i
> surf the web because Windows XP Home keeps finding new
> available wireless connections in my building. After i
> connect to my Base Station and start surfing, after a
> while i get a dialog bubble from my system tray saying
> that there are more than one wireless connections
> available. How can i prevent this from happenning??!!

Hi Sebastjan . . .

This doesn't work. I've tried this (and virtually
everything else) and my wireless keeps dropping, and not
refinding my only preferred choice without my
intervention. It's becoming extremely frustrating. I'm
beginning to think that this might be a recent XP bug.

Any other thoughts?

Cheers,
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Dano,
>
>In Wireless Network Connection Properties you have
section called "Preferred
>networks". Remove all connections, except for the one
you are using. Then
>click Advanced, and unselect "Automatically connect to
non-preferred
>networks".
>
>--
>Best Regards,
>Sebastjan Kocelj, MCSA
>Avtenta.SI
>Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
>for Support Services
>
>"dano" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:8f4301c432da$84a0b340$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> My wireless connection (802.11g/b) keeps dropping when
i
>> surf the web because Windows XP Home keeps finding new
>> available wireless connections in my building. After i
>> connect to my Base Station and start surfing, after a
>> while i get a dialog bubble from my system tray saying
>> that there are more than one wireless connections
>> available. How can i prevent this from happenning??!!
>
>
>.
>

"Mike Barnard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>This doesn't work. I've tried this (and virtually
>everything else) and my wireless keeps dropping, and not
>refinding my only preferred choice without my
>intervention. It's becoming extremely frustrating. I'm
>beginning to think that this might be a recent XP bug.

I'm thinking so too, as there have been quite a few unanswered WiFi/HP
queries here lately.

Are you using WPA? If so, try WEP for a day or so to see if the
problem goes away.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

have you turned off broadcast of the SSID? this could cause the
behavior. are you using WEP or WPA?

On Mon, 31 May 2004 18:06:43 -0700, "Mike Barnard"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Sebastjan . . .
>
>This doesn't work. I've tried this (and virtually
>everything else) and my wireless keeps dropping, and not
>refinding my only preferred choice without my
>intervention. It's becoming extremely frustrating. I'm
>beginning to think that this might be a recent XP bug.
>
>Any other thoughts?
>
>Cheers,
>Mike
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Dano,
>>
>>In Wireless Network Connection Properties you have
>section called "Preferred
>>networks". Remove all connections, except for the one
>you are using. Then
>>click Advanced, and unselect "Automatically connect to
>non-preferred
>>networks".
>>
>>--
>>Best Regards,
>>Sebastjan Kocelj, MCSA
>>Avtenta.SI
>>Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
>>for Support Services
>>
>>"dano" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message
>>news:8f4301c432da$84a0b340$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> My wireless connection (802.11g/b) keeps dropping when
>i
>>> surf the web because Windows XP Home keeps finding new
>>> available wireless connections in my building. After i
>>> connect to my Base Station and start surfing, after a
>>> while i get a dialog bubble from my system tray saying
>>> that there are more than one wireless connections
>>> available. How can i prevent this from happenning??!!
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)