How do I delete/remove network connections?

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How do I delete/remove network connections?

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My computer some how has 9 network connections. At times it will change connection by its self. Example: Change from connection 7 to connection 3 and so on. It will also change to a public connection, then back to a home connection. This is causing trouble when I am playing PS3 online games. When it dose this I get kicked from the game. I need to delete or remove all these network connection and only have one home network connection.

How is this done, and how can I prevent windows from making another network connection without asking me first?

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Answer 1

Hello Bobby,

Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft Community Forum.

When you connect to a wireless network, the settings and profile of that specific network is saved on your computer so that you won’t have to re-enter your network credentials, such as the wireless security key to connect the next time. Once your computer is in range with the wireless network profile that is saved on your computer, it will automatically attempt to connect to that wireless network you have previously connected to.

If you have connected to various wireless networks before, your computer may have problems connecting wirelessly, especially when the wireless network name (SSID) is the same with the previous ones you have connected to. Removing wireless network profiles on your computer may improve your wireless connectivity to your current wireless network.

Note: When you remove wireless profile you may have to put the security key again for home wireless network.

I would suggest you to try the following steps:

Method 1

How to remove the existing wireless network profile in Windows 7

Step 1

Click Start->Control Panel, Select Network and Internet, and then click Network and Sharing Center

Step 2

In the task list, please choose Manage wireless networks.

Step 3

In the Network table, please select the existing profiles and click Remove.

Step 4

You may see a warning dialog box, just click OK.

Step 5

Then please go back to Network and Sharing Center and choose Change adapter settings -> right click Wireless Network Connection -> click Connect/Disconnect.

Step 6

Click the refresh button to view available wireless networks. Highlight the network which you want to connect, double click it or click Connect button.

Method 2

I would appreciate if you could let us know when you say "approve it as a home network", did you save the network. This issue may occur if you don't save the network and once you save the network it should not show you a different network each time you connect. Also, let us know if you see multiple networks in change adapter’s settings or only one network in network connections.

I would suggest you refer the steps from the following article and check if it helps:

Create or modify network profiles

[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-modify-network-profiles#1TC=windows-7]

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to help.

Thank you.

Answer 2

These connections are not wireless connections, that I can tell. My PCs are both desktop PCs

"Step 2. In the task list, please choose Manage wireless networks." This option is not there.

I have not made any connections the computer did all of them by its self without me even knowing it until I noticed that it was changing internet assess networks.

When I made the first post here, about this issue it was on network 7. home Internet access.

Today its on network 4 and says I'm on a public network when I am at home on my own internet service.

I have scanned for viruses, malware, spyware. they all always come up saying the PC is clean.

I have two PC's, iPad mini, PS3, two Wireless IP Cloud security cameras connected to the modem, but none if them are connected to this PC.

My other PC is not doing this, Its always on "Network 1 Secured Home Internet Access" its never changed that I have noticed.

Another thing I was thinking about. How dose this network changing effect My PS3? its not connected to my PC, only the modem its wired.

The only devices that are wireless are my iPad mini and the two IP cloud security cameras.

I have turned remote access off just in case someone has gained access to my system that way.

I set the modem's firewall to strict closed all open ports forced an IP address change.

Its still switching networks, and from home to public and back.

I had my ISP check and test the modem for errors and to check if its causing this.

They say the modem is 100% working 100% health and set at the highest security possible, so much so I may not be able to visit any social sites. they say the modem is not causing this issue. they did see the modem needed a firmware update, and updated it.

Hopefully this added information will help diagnose this so someone can help me remove all these networks and prevent the PC from switching between them.

Answer 3

Hello Bobby,

I would suggest you to follow the below mentioned steps.

To choose a network location

Open Network and Sharing Center by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type network, and then click Network and Sharing Center.
Click Work network, Home network, or Public network, and then click the network location you want.

Choosing a network location:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Choosing-a-network-location

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to help.

Thank you.

Answer 4

I am not trying to choose a network, I want to remove all but one network there are now 20 networks on my computer. it seems like it makes a new network everything I start the computer? I don't know if that is what its doing, but seems to be.

I originally set it up as a home network because we share things like music movies they are downloaded to our main computer. its like a home server, its shared on our home network. We do not download anything on our other PC's. all our PC's are wired connections.

One day I noticed in the notification area that I wasn't connected to the internet or home network. so I looked it was making another network. I couldn't stop it, because I don't know how to stop it. It is a duplicate of our home network, its name was changed to network 1 then new network was network 2. over time it kept making new networks some are public networks.

I do not want all these networks on my computer.

What I am asking is:

How to remove them?

How do I stop my computer from making new ones?

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I do have another question:

What is NAT?

I have been told by PlayStation Support to lower my NAT to level 1.

Its currently set at level 3.

I asked them what is NAT? They only said: Its a security feature created by Microsoft.

I would like to know what NAT is, and how to lower its level?

Thank You.

Answer 5

Hello Bobby,

Thank you for keeping us updated on the issue.

Is your computer connected to a domain environment?

Network Address Translation (NAT) is the process where a network device, usually a firewall, assigns a public address to a computer (or group of computers) inside a private network. The main use of NAT is to limit the number of public IP addresses an organization or company must use, for both economy and security purposes.

It allows a single device to act as an intermediary between the Internet and a local network. This effectively means that a single IP address can be used for an entire group of computers.NAT was developed by Cisco. It is used by an appliance, such as a computer or firewall, which sits between an internal network and the outside world of networks. The NAT works in many different ways. There is the Static NAT, which directs an unregistered IP address to a registered IP address. This is very useful when a computer needs to access another computer from outside the network.

What Is NAT?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739385(v=WS.10).aspx

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

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