Faulty wireless internet connection with battery only.

Question

I just purchased a new Inspiron 6000 laptop centrino with Intel Pro/Wireless 2200.  My home wireless has worked fine for many years.    With my new laptop using the AC adapter the network works great.   However, using battery the connection switches on/off every 15 seconds and doesn't work right.  Navigating to a page takes long time and using an application connecting internet will often say re-connecting so they are issues.   I think it has to do with power managment and disabling the network card at times to maintain power efficiency.    Can someone explain what is causing this and a fix for this?? Thanks Paul Message Edited by mrpauly on 06-13-2005 05:31 PM

mrpauly · Answer

Hi, how can I check this?

I heard that the network card is deactivated going into battery mode. Can I download the file to change the settings?

Thanks,

Paul

See message that you responded to on 6/2/05:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INSPIRON%202200&category=25&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2861&devlib=25

bacillus · Answer

Is power management under the properties of the wireless card in device manager set to highest? Message Edited by bacillus on 06-13-2005 11:45 PM

mrpauly · Answer

Thanks!  I got it working correctly by changing to highest.   Have Dell change the default to highest since everyone wants to connect to internet with battery only.

bacillus · Answer

excellent

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Faulty wireless internet connection with battery only.

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