If this is the case, make sure your router
and all your devices are set to work with the widest range of standards.
Also, make sure both your router and your other equipment are communicating
on the same channel (channel 6, 2.437 Ghz, is the typical
default).
Windows tries to connect to the neighbor??™s network first. Open the Manage
Wireless Networks window and delete the entry for your neighbor??™s
network if it??™s there. Next, double-click the entry for your own network
to show the Properties window, turn on the Connect automatically
Figure 7-11. Open the Properties window for a wireless network you??™ve saved to change
the connection options or modify the encryption passphrase/key
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when this network is in range option and turn off the Connect to a
more preferred network if available option (unless it??™s grayed out).
Click OK, and then drag your network to the top of the list (or use the
Move up button just above the list).
Now, if your network isn??™t in this list, then you haven??™t set it up yet.
Close the Manage Wireless Networks window, and then follow the
instructions in ???Sniff Out WiFi Hotspots,??? earlier in this chapter, to
connect to it, and be sure to use the Save this network option when
you??™re done.
After disconnecting, Windows immediately tries to reconnect. Just click Disconnect
again; Windows rarely does this more than two or three times. If
the problem persists, open the Manage Wireless Networks window and
delete the entry for this network.
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