HP laptop takes 20 mins to connect to bthub3

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set up router etc last friday all worked fine, two other laptops connect within a minute or two, but on sunday my laptop HP550 3 mb ram athlon etc. now takes 20 mins to connect to router.
I have uninstalled re installed
rebooted router several times
deleted all connection in network manager then fired up again
adjusted and manually connected,
stopped virus guard currently msn essentials but previous was avast both worked fine until sunday no issues with firewall that I can see
any advice please
Dave

if you installed the BT cd the recommendation of the forum is to uninstallit as it can cause problems with wifi connections. just let windows manage you wifi connections.
if that does not solve it then try changing the wireless from default b/g/n to just b/g
you can also try downloading inssider2 (istumbler if MAC) and then run it. This will show the broadcasting networks round about you and their channels including your own. If you then enter your router and change your wireless channel to a free or less congested channel.
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