I have a wireless connection on my Thinkpad portable and am using Windows XP Pro, SP2, to manage my wireless connections. I am using WPA security.
When I go out to a cafe, I use Windows to search for an unsecured connection and it usually finds at least one. I try to connect and most of the time I succeed and at other times, it is trying to acquire a network connection forever.
In either case, I notice that windows then adds this connection to the list of preferred connections.
When I come home, I cannot connect to my own network. First I have to go into the preferred list and take out the network(s) that have been added at the cafe.
But the biggest problem is that after I do connect to my network, I have to enter my WPA password all over again - which is a little tedious to say the least.
Essentially, it seems that every time I connect to another wireless network, I have to re-enter my WPA password to connect to my own network.
Is there a way to resolve this more efficiently? Any way to keep my WPA password so that it automatically registers when I connect to my network?
TIA
Louise