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I have a problem when I use the wireless network. It has several (8-10?) access points which can be "seen" in the same net but the problem is that it sometimes is really slow (when there are a lot of users connected to the same access point?). I've looked in both XP and now Vista if there is any settings for locking to an AP with a specified MAC-address but haven't found anything. I then installed Access Connections where it is possible to specify a MAC but it doesn't lock to that one. If another access point has slightly better signal quality, it automatically switches to that AP.

I know that one can force connections in linux (where the performance gets increased), but how do I do it in Vista?

I'm using a T60 and the network is 802.11G.

Are you using Intel or Atheros card? At least in XP, Intel 3945ABG device properties provide a setting called roaming aggressiveness. In your case you might want to try to set it lower.

sugo wrote:Are you using Intel or Atheros card? At least in XP, Intel 3945ABG device properties provide a setting called roaming aggressiveness. In your case you might want to try to set it lower.

The Intel chipset. That might be an idea...well worth trying.

That did not work. It still doesn't want to let ME chose.

Do you see the option that says "Connect when network is in range"? If unchecked, does the problem still exist?