Blocking adhoc networks

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Hi all, first time poster....

For the last coupe of months I've been recieving an SSID "hpsetup" from one of the flats surrounding me, presumably from a wireless printer. It's become increasingly frustrating, as everytime I wake my iBook up from sleep, it connects to it instead of my SSID.

Is there any way I can block these networks? I've found details that suggest you can do it in XP by only choosing to display insfrastructure networks, is there anything similar in OS X?
 

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15" MBP '06 2.33 C2D 4GB 10.7; 13" MBA '14 1.8 i7 8GB 10.11; 21" iMac '13 2.9 i5 8GB 10.11; 6S
10.5 - System Preferences - Network - Airport - Advanced
Add your network into the Preferred Networks box and delete the others - it will then auto join your own network.

Similar in 10.4 - but don't think you have to click on advanced.
 

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