XPS 15 (L502x) Wifi link 1000 BGN dropped connections

BTW, when I ran the diagnostics tool (while I was disconnected), it failed the "Association Test".  Not sure what that means.

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Jim,

Try...

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Create a Power Plan

Select High performance.

Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

Rick

Ok Rick, will give it a try.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Jim

Something else you may want to take a stab at:

Dell doesn't always carry the latest drivers from a manufacturer (I beleive because they haven't been run through Dell's QC/QA process yet,) but if you're feeling impatient, you can always go directly to the manufacturer's site and download the latest drivers directly from them.

In this case, Intel's site has a new driver for the WiFi Link 1000 BGN (15.1.1.1 released 05/03/2012) that solved some similar issues that I was having. It also boosted my wireless speed by about 20%.

Anywhoo, here's the link to the driver on Intel's site:
Their autodetect tool is great for making sure you're getting the proper driver
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

You can also download direct from this link, but make sure your WiFi card shows up on the list. It wouldn't hurt to follow the instructions under "which file should I download?" link on this page.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21244

Hope this helps & good luck!

Cheers,

PunkRockMonkey

Thanks!  No wonder the updates didn't show up through Dell.  Didn't think to check the Intel site.  Installing the updates now and will "wait and see".  Thanks again, this has been very helpful.

Jim

I installed Intel's site has a new driver for the WiFi Link 1000 BGN (15.1.1.1 released 05/03/2012) and this seemed to solve the problem, for the last month and half.

However, came home after a long weekend, fired up both laptops and now for whatever reason, neither can connect to the Internet.  How can that be with both???  No wireless problem on dell pc, 2 ipads, a mac or iphone.   After reading about many problems on other sites about this adapter, it's time to get a different adapter, it's clearly problematic.  Can anyone recommend a replacement?  Do I need to use a mini-card or can I get a USB wireless adapter.

Thanks,

Jim

False alarm (I guess).  IP leases were expired, had to reboot the FIOS router AND ipconfig /release and renew to get things working.

I continue to have problems with this wireless adapter, the latest being DHCP lease expiring and not automatically renewing, have to restart my router to fix.  Again, no problems with dell pc and wireless or my macs, so not necessarily fios.  Can anyone recommend a compatible replacement adapter?

Thanks,

Jim