My hotspot data link on my laptop keeps migrating to my home router.

September 27, 2024 9:21 AM

I have a wireless data plan from AIS [Thailand] with abundant and fast 5G data. I prefer to hotspot my laptop to this data link. But when I am in my apartment with another wireless link, the hotspot AIS data link without my bidding migrates to this apartment link which is much slower. How can I stop this?
posted by lometogo to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Make your laptop forget the apartment wifi. If you really need it sometimes, you can connect but then have it forget again.
posted by soelo at 9:26 AM on September 27, 2024

The first thing I would try is to tell your laptop to forget about your apartment network. If it doesn't know the network (and doesn't have the password) it won't be willing or able to log into it.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 9:27 AM on September 27, 2024

Response by poster: How exactly do I "tell my laptop to forget my apartment network"?

I suppose I could just unplug it until I need it. That's one way.
posted by lometogo at 9:46 AM on September 27, 2024

Best answer: How exactly do I "tell my laptop to forget my apartment network"?

On a Mac, open Wi-Fi Settings, look under "Known Networks" and select "Forget this network..." in the other options for the network you want to forget. (Known Networks will only show the networks that your laptop can currently see.)

I'm guessing it'll be not too different on Windows but you never know.
posted by heatherlogan at 9:51 AM on September 27, 2024

How to delete a wifi network in Windows 10.

Alternatively you can just deselect "Connect automatically" (option visible in the screenshot on that link) which will mean it will only connect to that network when you tell it to, and you won't have to reenter the password.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:42 AM on September 27, 2024