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a7000 on W10 desktop- keeps resetting itself to automatically connect- and a "new" hidden network"
A7000 usb 3.0 Adapter on W10 Desktop- driver from netgear site. WNDR 3700 Router. I have had minimal trouble with my netgear equipment since my first and only router(2009?), the WNDR 3700 that pro...
Hard to tell from that long message, but is this the problem you are trying to fix?
callwill wrote:
the only issue i am unhappy with is its desire to automatically connect whenever i start my computer.
If so, that sounds like a Windows problem.
The A7000 is just a wifi receiver. It doesn't try to connect to anything. That is in the hands of Windows.
It might help if you described what is trying "to automatically connect". Some sort of pop-up Window?
Here's one place to look:
- Network & Internet
- Wifi
- Manage Known Networks
- Pick your SSID
- Properties
- Connect automatically when in range
callwill wrote:
router(2009?), the WNDR 3700 that provides a good strong signal in my house and large county yard.
If it works for you, fine, but the WNDR3700 is 11 years old and has basic and slow wifi.
TY for your response with all the possible places to look, some of those places have already been examined, but i will be more methodical- and of course it would be simpler if Windows didnt take you to the sameplaces in so many different ways. Sometimes you arrive at a spot only to realize you just came back via a new route...
I know that router is old, but it has worked fine and only recently have we considered upgrading. We will get a round to that in the next couple of months.
I will try and pick apart all the places listed and try and find find where the problem is hiding over the next few days
First, though I think it is important to note that i have been using the WN111v2 up until now without this issue. I changed nothing manually in any of the settings, but hopefully something will show up as i trace through settings.
I have been thru every windows setting i can find and cannot find anything to change the behavior i am experiencing. When i was using the WN111v2, i had no issues. I could shut down while still connected to the network and when booted back up it would wait patiently for me to manually click on connect. I never had to actually had to use the wifi button. With the installation of this a7000, if i disconnect from the connected network, on reboot it automatiaclly connects. In order to remain disconnected on reboot, i need to use the wifi button and turn off wifi. At least i have a solution that i can live with. Its just not how it used to be.
callwill wrote:
I have been thru every windows setting i can find and cannot find anything to change the behavior i am experiencing.
My guess is that there is a setting somewhere that you have not found. I have never seen this behaviour. If anything I have to work hard to get the PC to connect.
We don't know where you have looked for the right setting. You say you went thbrough the "all the places listed". There was just one place with instructions on how to get there. Maybe I should have used a better format.
Did you find this?
Th hidden bit is my local wifi's SSID.
Yes. Despite your stating "one place to look", i took that as a list to follow up on possible leads to somthing in my seach for some thing to change... Been there and any related setting i can find.