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Windows Prioritizing a connection over my own
.. I've been at this all day, but windows 7's networking capability is just.. hilariously oversimplified to the point it's mystifying.
I have a connection, using a Linksys 160N router with DD-WRT, I get a solid enough signal.. runs fine.. but it randomly disconnects every couple hours/minutes/seconds.. lol
I tried seeing if it was the router or network card, so I switched to ubuntu, ran for 14 hours under load with no issue, so.. definitely 7.
I came back, tried to identify the problem, and noticed that every time it disconnected, two networks popped up, Bluecat and Bluecat-guest -- my neighbors router, both at 1 bar of signal strength (My network stays at 4)
Further investigation shows that Bluecat is set to connect automatically, and unchecking that box does nothing, it's just checked the moment I click away.
SO I tried telling it to diagnose the adapter, it manually disconnected my internet connection and told me the problem was that Bluecat-Guest was set to manually connect.. yea, right. wut.
So, my problem seems to be that Windows 7 thinks I should be connecting to my neighbors connection and not my own.. is there some way to tell windows to ignore the other connection, or just.. not find it?