Did you recently install/reinstall/upgrade the operating system?
Did you try the drivers from Dell's website? Go to Drivers and Downloads enter your service tag, select your operating system, under network, download the drivers and save them to your desktop.
Make a system restore point.
Go to device manager, network adapters, right click on Intel® Dual Band Wireless-N 7260, left click uninstall. Tell it to remove the software and drivers. Then restart your computer. When you login, the new hardware wizard will try to install the drivers. Install the drivers you saved to your desktop.
Try these tweaks....
Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your network adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.
Go to the power options, and changed the Wireless Adapter Setting, from Maximum Power Setting to Maximum Performance.
I have the same WIFI adapter in my laptop and am experiencing the same problems. Also it consistently drops connections, regardless of the access point I'm connected to. I have updated all drivers etc. but no improvement.
PudgyOne
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May 14th, 2015 13:00
jjdeadhead,
Did you recently install/reinstall/upgrade the operating system?
Did you try the drivers from Dell's website? Go to Drivers and Downloads enter your service tag, select your operating system, under network, download the drivers and save them to your desktop.
Make a system restore point.
Go to device manager, network adapters, right click on Intel® Dual Band Wireless-N 7260, left click uninstall. Tell it to remove the software and drivers. Then restart your computer. When you login, the new hardware wizard will try to install the drivers. Install the drivers you saved to your desktop.
Try these tweaks....
Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your network adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.
Go to the power options, and changed the Wireless Adapter Setting, from Maximum Power Setting to Maximum Performance.
Rick
morganroney
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May 13th, 2015 13:00
I have the same WIFI adapter in my laptop and am experiencing the same problems. Also it consistently drops connections, regardless of the access point I'm connected to. I have updated all drivers etc. but no improvement.
Latitude E5440
jjdeadhead
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May 15th, 2015 16:00
Thanks Rick I will try this. I really appreciate your time!!!!!!!!!!!