Re: How stop wireless laptop hijacking the internet connection?

["Paul P" <PaulP@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Conor" <conor_turton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> In article <ln_fk.2077$i37.1980@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, G.Landon says...
>> Hi guys.
>>
>> The new NetGear router installed fairly easily on the PC (connected via
>> ethernet) and I was then using the internet immediately!
>>
>> Then the wireless laptop was switched on and it indicated it had found 
>> the
>> wireless connection automatically (without me having done anything) and I
>> was able to access the internet immediately - although in "unsecure mode"
>> (if that means anything to you - it doesn't to me).
>>
>> However, returning then to the PC it's internet connection had been lost!
>> It was AS IF the wireless laptop had hijacked it.
>>
>> Anyway, the NetGear installation disc was then placed inside the laptop 
>> for
>> the first time and the Installation Wizard on it began.  After a very few
>> keystrokes the wizard said it had done the job.  I then noticed that the 
>> PC
>> was connected again to the internet.  So something good appeared to have
>> been done!
>>
>> However, this morning the wireless laptop was booted up first.  It 
>> connected
>> to the internet.  Later the PC was switched on . . . and again it had no
>> internet connection.  The "Repair" function won't restore it.
>>
>> What needs to be done so that both machines completely share the internet
>> and one doesn't hijack it from the other?
>>
> Log into the Netgear, go to Wireless settings, enable WPA-PSK and type
> in a password. That'll secure the network from anyone being able to
> access it. When you connect to the wifi on each computer, it'll ask you
> for the network key. Type in the password you put in the WPA-PSK
> section of the router wifi config.
>
> One computer can't "steal" the wifi from the other. Up to 254 PC's can
> connect to a single wifi point simultaneously so nothing is stealing
> anything.
>
>
> -- 
> Conor
>
You should really be selecting WPA2&WPA so that the laptop uses WPA2 and 
other devices only capable of WPA can still connect.  It will offer both 
WPA2 and WPA at the same time.
It's probably your neighbours using the connection for which you are held 
responsible!