how do i disconnect a laptop from my bt homehub?

Question

hub is connected to my pc , with 2 additional laptops wirelessly , i wish to remove one from the network - can some advise me how to do it please??

turn it off, carry it away ?? its not my laptop , basically i want my lazy *** son to get out his bed and get a job - if i cut his net acess he might just do that!!!
might be easier to steal it when hes asleep

Answer 1

if it is a wireless internet connection there is no real need to do anything except stop using the laptop,if you have named the laptop as part of a network go into my network places and delete the name of the laptop

Answer 2

There are several ways

Method 1 - Right click on the connection Icon near the clock and pick View Available networks, then click on the connection and hit the Disconnect button.

Method 2 - Turn off that laptop

Method 3 - If you do not have access to that laptop and you are trying to disconnect your Brother... or something LAME like that, then reprogram the router to use a different Wireless Security code.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 3

If you want to prevent your son's laptop from accessing your wireless network, you can either set a password on the network (but this makes logging on harder for you), or you can just set up the router to limit the MAC addresses from which it will accept connections. Just choose the MAC addresses of YOUR devices, and not his, and then he won't be able to log in.

The MAC address is a unique hardware address assigned to each internet-enabled device. It is different that the IP address, which is software generated. The MAC address is assigned by the device's manufacturer and can never change. Your router should be able to show you a list of computers currently connected, including their MAC addresses. At a time when your son is not logged on, list the devices, and then set up the router to ONLY allow those addresses. Then your son's computer will not be able to log in.

By the way -- I think if you need to take this step, you and your son need more help than we computer geeks can offer!

Answer 4

Just select "view wireless networks" on the laptop, and select "disconnect" from the BT hub. If you remove the wireless key information from the laptop, you won't be able to reconnect without this info.

Answer 5

You can do this by disable the wireless network connection from your laptop. Please follow the steps below (Assuming that you are using Windows XP)

1. START >> Settings >> Network Connections
2. Right mouse click on the wireless connection.
3. Choose Disable.

Answer 6

Pick it up and carry it away. I'm not trying to be flippant, most people WANT to connect to their network.

You could turn off the wireless interface, or select another wireless network from the list.

Answer 7

I had precisely this situation which went away as quickly as i might downloaded the replace for the BT Hepldesk (which takes a sturdy 20 minutes, via the way) It additionally had my digital mail handle as my person call and my BT password set as username/password, extremely of 'admin/admin' (Yeh, i myself could substitute that, eh?) different than that, a reset is the only way i will think of of to treatment the subject. wish this permits,and a guid New year to you.

Answer 8

I don't fully understand the ? not enough info; how does the laptop access the hub wirelessly that you want to remove it