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"Network 2" really means no network. >:(
So here's my issue. My Win.7 64bit computer goes into sleep mode after about 20 minutes of being idle. When it wakes up, it has to reestablish its connection to the internet. And I only know this because it'll create a new network and not connect. Looks like this:
My solution is a temporary yet effective one, and it's clicking on that "Local Area Connection" link in the bottom right hand corner of the image, disabling the internet, letting that box magically disappear on its own (rather than staying open so I can just re-enable it.. ), then clicking on the newly formed red X just beyond "Golbez (This Computer)" at the top left of the image. It re-establishes the connection, and it will either randomly choose just "Network" or "Network 2." Network works 99% of the time. Network 2 always fails. Always. If it's Network 2, I just go through the process again. Never takes more than like 3 or 4 attempts, but mostly does it the first try. In the bottom left hand corner of this image is the Park Bench icon. I can click this image while I'm connected to regular "Network" and it will allow me to merge/delete networks. I can delete Network 2, but my computer will recreate it randomly sometimes when I awaken it from sleep mode yet again. So it wants to create this phantom Network 2 so that my internet will temporarily not work. So every day after work I have to deal with this.
Well, to my good fortune, I've stumbled across this post, and so I've identified the following:
I'm hesitant to delete all these networks, and I would just like conformation that this is the correct solution. Or perhaps there is another. Please and thanks. :) Let me know if you need any more information. I would like to permanently ban Network 2. I'm saddened that deleting it wasn't the cure.