10.4.11 Macbook auto connects to someone elses wireless

[Ben Kei]

Hi,

I've been having an issue with my wireless for a while now where each time I turn on my Macbook it auto connects to a neighbours wireless rather than my own despite it being set as the default location.

I've tried trashing preferences, rebuilding my wireless configuration etc... but it still connects to my neighbours wireless and not mine.

Also, it's recently decided that each time they turn on or off their wireless it'll temporarily interfere with mine and kick me offline (it doesn't do the same for my girlfriend who is connected through an Acer laptop)

Is there a way to change this?

It's not too much hassle manually changing networks but enough of one that I'm posting this thread!

Thanks,
Ben

 

[SHADO]

What is the order of Networks in System Preferences-->Network-->Advanced-->Airport Tab? Make sure your wireless network is at the top of that list. If it's not, drag it to the top and hopefully that will fix your problem.

 

[rdowns]

Try this.

System Preferences>Network>Airport>Advanced>

Drag your preferred network to the top position. Delete other networks in there that you don't want to connect to.

HTH

 

[SHADO]

Try this.

System Preferences>Network>Airport>Advanced>

Drag your preferred network to the top position. Delete other networks in there that you don't want to connect to.

HTH

lol great minds think alike

 

[Ben Kei]

Thanks to both of you.

I'm at work now but will give that a shot when I get home.

Not sure how the neighbours wireless would have made it in to my trusted networks as I've never willingly connected to it but it's certainly worth a shot.

Cheers! Ben

 

[Ben Kei]

Well for some reason the neighbours wireless had made its way on to my trusted networks and was also top of the list.

So I've removed that and it no longer auto-connects but will also not auto-connect to my own wireless box.
Picking it from the list on the top menu results in a 'cannot connect' dialog box and I need to wait for at least a minute until it'll successfully connect.

Worth noting is that it is a secure network and doesn't ask me for my password, so it's obviously authenticating the connection fine, just not automatically joining when I log on.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ben