Inspiron 8600 and Intel 2200BG problems

Question

Compo:
Dell Inspiron 8600c w. Intel PRO/2200BG

Router:
3COM OFFICECONNECT 11G WLESS DSL GATEWAY (3CRWE554G72T-ME)

Problem:
When I replaced the Intel PRO 2100B with the Intel PRO 2200BG I noticed that I lost connection with my router. I set up a continous ping to the router (ping -t 192.168.0.1) and it timed out. Then I removed the "Main" (wich is the antenna if Im not mistaken) and everything is working fine. Sure, I get som lag from times to time (instead of a responsetime of 1ms I get up to 40ms) but that is not a problem.

What could be the problem?

Regards
Paul

bacillus · Answer

Did you uninstall the 2100 drivers prior to installing your new card and drivers?

Palleman · Answer

you mean if I installed the drivers for the 2200 card, not the 2100?
No, I installed the hardware first and booted the compo, it found the 2200 card and requested drivers which I installed from the cd I got. I will download the latest drivers from Intel and reinstall the drivers when I get home tonight and see if it works better...

Or do you have any other ideas? I dont like when things dont work without problems ;)

Thanks,
Paul

bacillus · Answer

no, I mean did you uninstall the 2100 drivers before installing the new card & drivers!

Palleman · Answer

oh, sorry.. I read wrong. No, I didnt uninstall it, do I have to reinstall the old card and uninstall it and do everything all over again? Reinstall windows? /Paul

bacillus · Answer

bit late now! see if you can uninstall it via add|remove programs in control panel.

NemesisDB · Answer

generally you can't uninstall a drivers package unless the card is inserted. i wouldn't worry about it though, as those cards use completely seperate driver packages.

which version of the 2200BG drivers are you running? if you haven't gotten the latest version directly from intel, you probably should

maamaath · Answer

Maybe this could help : http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/cs-006205.htm

I am also running on a Inspiron 8600 and Intel 2200BG, with a 2350 Wireless Router. I also have connection problems that I try to solve.

Palleman · Answer

I have now upgraded my wlan-router and installed the latest drivers for the nic and things are alot better now, however I am thinking of reinstalling the compo also so I could use the latest drivers for the nic and hopefully it will solve my problems even more.

What I have noticed are that the ping-time have dropped from 30-40ms from my laptop to the router to 1-10ms, this drop accoured after installing new firmware to my router.

I will post updates when I found out more.

I also switched channels from using ch11 to using ch10 (not that it would make any difference)

Message Edited by Palleman on 08-10-2005 06:53 AM

Palleman · Answer

Everything is much more stable now after getting the proper drivers and firmware for the router and the nic, however, from ime to time everything stops and I have to restart the compo to get it to work, its almost as if the card itself shut down the way it speeks to the router. I can search for wireless networks and finds the one I have at home, can connect to it but cant get an IP to it or ping it. Very strange..

My gf also has a DELL laptop and she have no problem with the network. Always connected and always happy (in my case that is a very good thing, to keep her happy ;) She has a DELL Latitude C400 with a built-in Truemobile card. Maybe I should buy one of those instead of an Intel?

I will contact Intel and see if they have any ideas.

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