How do I "blacklist" a wireless network on my Mac?

My home wifi network is password protected, as it should be. My neighbor's is not. Because I have password protected my network, my computer continually joins my neighbors instead of mine. I have moved my network to the top of the list of the "preferred" wireless networks, but if my network is down for whatever reason my computer just re-joins the neighbor's network. I don't want to join my neighbor's network, ever. Is there a way to make it so that my computer will never join a particular network, i.e. "blacklist" it?

Solution 1:

Remove it from the list of "Preferred Networks" and it will stop auto-connecting.

• Go to "System Preferences" > "Networks" prefpane.
• Choose "AirPort" (or "WiFi" on Lion) on the left.
• Click the "Advanced" button.
• In the resulting sheet, choose the "AirPort" (or "WiFi") tab. (It should be the leftmost.)
• Select your neighbor's wifi network in the list and hit the "-" (minus) button.
• Live with joy at never [auto-]connecting there again!