Have you changed the default SSID in the router?

You may be attached to a neighbor's D-link. I have seen this many times
even though you have a stronger signal from the next room your computer
insists on connecting to the weaker signal.


<Shaynelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
> me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
> etc.
>
> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
> it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
> minutes of starting the computer up.
>
> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>
> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
> should try first?
>
> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Shaynelle
>