George Gallen on 2 May 2005 14:13:54 -0000


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RE: [PLUG] Wireless router recommendations


Title: RE: [PLUG] Wireless router recommendations


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>Subject: Re: [PLUG] Wireless router recommendations
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 My neighbor has a
>linksys of some sort, and my wife's laptop seems to prefer associating
>with that network rather than ours. I haven't figured out why
>that is --
>no matter how many times I remove the linksys network from the WinXP
>wireless configuration settings it seems to find its way back. Aside
>from that, though, I'm very happy with the ASUS. Also, the firmware
>source code for the ASUS is available on the ASUS website, and
>I believe

Make sure that the box in the properties of the wireless connection
"Connect to preferred networks first" is checked, and make sure your
AP is the top listed "preferred" network. That should fix that.

I don't have my XP with me, so I'm not sure of the exact wording of
the above.

George

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