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Problems reconnecting to wireless network

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by yaro137, Sep 23, 2009.

  1. yaro137

    yaro137 Guest

    All works fine till I take my laptop and get it connected to some
    hotspot or any other wireless network. Then I get back home and cannot
    reconnect to mine. It asks for the wep key which it should have
    remembered. Every time I have to go to Network and Sharing Center and
    Manage Wireless Networks and remove all the networks that I find in
    there and then reboot. Then it works fine but it's a bit of a pain.
    Any idea what may be causing that?
    yaro
     
  2. Tae Song

    Tae Song Guest

    "yaro137" <yaro137@googlemail.com> wrote in message
    news:1523a9e4-4c82-4205-9df2-ffb3f4fadd23@g23g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > All works fine till I take my laptop and get it connected to some
    > hotspot or any other wireless network. Then I get back home and cannot
    > reconnect to mine. It asks for the wep key which it should have
    > remembered. Every time I have to go to Network and Sharing Center and
    > Manage Wireless Networks and remove all the networks that I find in
    > there and then reboot. Then it works fine but it's a bit of a pain.
    > Any idea what may be causing that?
    > yaro<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->



    Check to see if you have "Connect to a more preferred network if available"
    checked on the home wireless connection properties.

    Right-click on network icon in the system tray
    Select "Connect to a network"
    Right-click on connection you use for you home network
    Select "Properties"
    Click "Connection" Tab
    Uncheck box "Connect to a more preferred network if available"

    "Connect to a more preferred network if available" makes your home network
    the least preferred network to connect to.

    When you go out and connect to a hotspot network, it creates a network
    connection info. Having "Connect to a more preferred network if available"
    enabled on your home connection it now uses any other connection recorded in
    "Connect to a network" window, except your home network.

    It maybe asking for WEP authentication on the new connection because it's
    programmed behavior is to assume it can't make a connection due to security
    rather than being out of radio distance. Signal strength may not be checked
    to determine availability in case you are on the fringe of radio contact.
    WEP is the first choice since it's the first authentication available for
    wireless network connection and since there's no radio signal to determine
    which authentication protocol is being used. It's simply going on
    programmed assumption, which is it can't connect due to security rather than
    being out of distance and WEP is assumed because it can't determine what
    authentication is being used because there is no radio signal.
     

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