Wireless Connections Details

[porkchop]

My neighbour(s) wireless connection always appears on my wireless connection (within range) screen details. Can i get rid of my neighbour's connection details off my screen and if i cannot do they affect my computer's performance? Would the fact that we both use the same provider lessen the signal which we both receive?

[bhg481]

You computer is just picking up the fact that your neighbour has a wifi router. If he was daft enough to not have a password on it, you could connect and save your broadband costs. In the same way, he can see yours but can't connect unless you don't have a router password. It will not affect your computer's performance at all.
In our area the buses have free wifi; when a bus goes past our house our computers can "see" it and we could connect if we were quick enough.

[Hopkirk]

Some people use it to send messages to neighbours they don't get on with.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19760006

[mikey4444]

It won't effect your PC's performance at all. On my PC, I can ask it to "forget" a particular connection, although it soon pops up again !

Not sure why you want to get rid of though Porkie....it isn't doing any harm is it ?