Differentiating between wireless networks?

Question

I'm sitting in my university's student's union building right now. Our school has a massive wireless network, called "ualbertawireless" which gives students access to the internet on campus.

There are a lot of other computers in the room with me, and some of them are broadcasting Ad-Hoc networks also bearing the name "ualbertawireless", despite campus regulations against this. Consequently, my connection to the university's network is constantly interrupted because my computer tries to connect to these ad-hoc networks, thinking that they are the same thing as the access point network.

How can I prevent this from happening? It's really irritating.

Answer 1

Right click on your wireless connection.
select the properties button
select the wireless networks tab
select the advanced button
select the connect to access point (infrastructure) networks only option
That should do it.....