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I just moved into a new condo, and my main working laptop automatically connected to my router that I let a network/cable company install a few weeks ago.

I was baffled by this.

I cannot find any useful results on Google - everything points to tutorials to turn off automatic connecting for a wifi network in particular, but that's not precisely my question. Even if it was, I do not trust that just ticking some box on this PC for a wifi connection will prevent other devices in the future from doing the same. I did find some advanced forum threads about ''roaming sensitivity'' but it seems like a risky thing to mess around with the context of my question.

Instead, my question is (sorry if I am repetitive here), why the heck did this computer automatically connect to a password-protected network? The computer also stated (hovering over the network icon in the task bar) that the network was Public, it's not supposed to be this way, I changed a setting and now it says it's ''Protected'' instead.

The bottom-line is, Please tell me how this was able to happen, and, I do not want people to be able to connect to my network without a password (which is what I just did, with my own laptop that is).

Thanks in advance for your time and effort.

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  • I let a network/cable company install ........ I would be inclined to ask the network company.
    – anon
    Commented Jul 15, 2023 at 22:12
  • Yes sir, I may have to check with them about the public/private connection thing.
    – kansha
    Commented Jul 15, 2023 at 22:16
  • Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.
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    Commented Jul 16, 2023 at 0:13
  • @kansha, your issue might happen to others, so there's a valid reason for editing the question again, and moving the IMPORTANT EDIT to an answer. Answering your own question is acceptable.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented Jul 16, 2023 at 2:15
  • @DrMoishePippik I tried to do what you suggested, did I do it correctly?
    – kansha
    Commented Aug 7, 2023 at 10:31

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IMPORTANT EDIT!!!

I just realized that this may have happened, because I use 2 laptops with the same Microsoft account, and the other laptop was (I think) manually connected to this network on the day of installation, weeks ago. I only realize this because some time ago, I did something like changing the system language, or the way time is displayed (AM/PM vs 24hs) on 1 laptop and the other laptop automatically followed suit, which I was first surprised by, and then manually switched it back for the other laptop. However, this still begs the question: why did this computer tell me the wifi network was public? I am terribly sorry if it's against the rules that I just made my own thread mosly redundant.

I also noticed my Android phone hasn't connected automatically. I've been learning to program lately and I guess learning problem solving skills came in handy today haha...

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