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Why does Windows 7 assume there is a new network connection when connecting to an existing access point?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20269079 views
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I have been using my home ADSL and when I had problems with it, switched to my iPhone for network access. This mostly works as planned, but I have noticed that Windows 7 creates a new network name even though the hardware has not changed; I am now connected to and just before I was connected to . T…

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Fix for: Why does Windows 7 assume there is a new network connection when connecting to an existing access point?

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actually I think "user 99572 is fine" is on to something. it could very well be that due to the ip address being different enough from the ip it had last time it connected that it is thinking it's connecting to a different network with a similar nam…

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