Mine does this all the time! Some house around me must have a router.
It constantly wants to connect to it, even whwn ours is right next to
the laptop.

Cathy L

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:35:41 GMT, "Cliff Hartle"
<cliff_hartle@verizon.net> wrote:

>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
>news:1166635127.978589.139010@f1g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>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
>>
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