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BILL450

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March 13th, 2006 16:00

2200BG Disconnects

Hi Everyone,
 
I am new to the forum and in reviewing some posts on this subject I wonder if there is any solution.
I have had a DELL Inspiron 600m for about a year, with an Intel 2200BG Wireless Connection. 
 
Although I have noticed frequent disconnects from my Linksys Wireless-G Router (WRT54GS) while on the Internet or trying to retrieve mail, I didn't think that much about it until I purchased the Linksys Wireless G Music Bridge to stream music from my Laptop to my Bose Lifestyle Stereo system.
 
If I connect my laptop to the router via a network cable, I can play music wirelessly without interruption for days if I want.  However, when I try to stream music wirelessly from my laptop, it will disconnect randomly. 
 
I have tried every imaginable setting on the 2200BG that Dell shipped with this computer.  Nothing works.  Signal strength is always good, but speed will sometimes degrade.  I can see when this happens because if I run a continuous "ping -t" command to the router, the disconnects are always in conjunction with "Reply Timed Out" messages from the pinging.
 
I have the latest drivers from Intel, I have uninstalled and re-installed the adapter, and tried everything the Linksys techs have asked me to try.
 
If this Intel adapter 2200BG won't work consistently (as I am gathering from the number of posts on this topic), shouldn't Dell do something about it?
 
Any ideas?
 
Thanks,
 
Bill
 

BILL450

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March 13th, 2006 17:00

I have tested both ways, same result.  My last test had Router, Laptop and Music Bridge all in the same room, not 6 feet apart.  Still get wireless disconnects between laptop and router with laptop running under power.

Bill

bacillus

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March 13th, 2006 17:00

are you running the laptop on battery when this happens?

NemesisDB

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March 14th, 2006 03:00

Bill, most 2200BG problems disappeared with the latest intel drivers.  I haven't used my 2200BG notebook recently but I remember it working very well with most single APs I tried.  It never performed well in crowded environments, and no amount of tweaking the roaming setting would solve this problem for me (college was a nightmare on wireless with usually 8APs and 50 clients in range).
 
It might just be a bad card?  There are several hardware revisions of the card, that could be a factor as well.  If under warranty, ask for a new one?

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