Hi Dan
You need t o set the wireless to join a specific network (the one
that you set as yours ) I am betting that you have your wireless set
to just join automatically to the network so that you do not need to
log on all the time. You can still do this but to a specific network
only.
I Call mine Homebase1 and that is the only one my books ever try to
connect to if it is there. if it is not there (ie i am out or at a
friends) then it asks.
vicki
On Nov 24, 2005, at 6:07 PM, dan_A wrote:
Hi List-
I need some network help. I have a 12" PB using Airport Extreme
joining my wireless network at home. I've had no network problems
for the last couple of years until a few weeks ago, when a new
neighbor moved in next door. I didn't realize that they set up a
wireless network and happen to have the same brand of router as I
do. I was unaware of this until one day after turning my PB on to
download some items, I noticed that the download seemed much too
slow. I checked various things and found that I had logged on to my
neighbor's unprotected network. I checked the up and download
speed and realized that he was using a cable system that I had
recently abandoned because of its slowness. I had switched to DSL.
I now had a hard time making changes to my airport settings because
his router info was imbedded in the control panel. I got around it
by connecting via ethernet and then switching over to wireless. On
another occasion he happened to shut down and I was able to get on
to my network. But I can't seem to hold my settings unless I don't
shut down. What I want to do short of telling him to protect his
network (I don't know him yet) is to some how prevent it from being
picked up or being accepted by my PB. Sorry for the length of this.
Can anyone tell me how to prevent picking that network up?
dan_A
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