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LEX3001

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January 27th, 2006 16:00

Intel 2915 ABG Wifi keeps disconnecting... solved!

I got a new D610 at work at the same time we got a new Inspiron 700m at home. Both would keep losing the connection to my home network, although several other computers have never had a problem. The only common denomitor was the INtel 2915 ABG card.
 
Well, 45 minutes on hold with Dell WiFi support was a big waste of my time. (Reinstall Windows... how is that going to help? Everyone is posting about this problem online... Oh yeah, I saw that too... You guys need to make new drivers... Yeah, that's probably right - try reinstalling Windows...)
 
So I finally found the latest drivers on the Intel site (version 9.0.3.9):
 
(Check here if you want to find them yourself):
 
Then I went in and changed the poer settings to always transmit at the highest power and to be as "sticky" as possible. Haven't had a problem since...

ReproFPC

49 Posts

January 31st, 2006 11:00

Is your problem still solved with the new driver, power on high, and sticky as possible?
 
I  have a 2200b/g card and it too is losing connection randomly. I am about to try your suggestion and wanted to ask if you had done anything else and if it is still working?
 
Thanks!

LEX3001

18 Posts

January 31st, 2006 13:00

Still solved (yay!).

A colleague of mine at the office has the 2200. She had a similar problem - but it was losing signal strength and just not working as opposed to outright disconnecting. On hers, all we did was increase signal strength and that seemed to solve it.

ReproFPC

49 Posts

February 1st, 2006 15:00

Has your wifi light gone out any with this setup? I have had 24 hour success with no dropped connections. However, it just dropped the connection and then came right back on. I could tell becuase Trillian logged off MSN (which does not restart) and the wifi light remained off. It appears that th light goes off and stays off (until turned back on) once the connection is lost (even for a moment).

LEX3001

18 Posts

February 1st, 2006 16:00

Yes, I have the same odd behavior. Main thing is that it still works. I am connected to WiFi now and the WiFi light is out. I have also noticied it drop and get the connection, but it has not seemed to interrupt my actual access since I made the changes.

ReproFPC

49 Posts

February 1st, 2006 17:00

Same here, basically. If it were not for the fact that Trillian is also connected to MSN which does not restart I would not know (other than thelight going off) that it lost connection since it comes back so quickly. I guess you would know if you were downloading or uploading a file during that time.

I am going to try another WAP has a repeater and see if that helps.

I never had this issue with my preivous Dell laptop that used a PCMCIA Linksys card.

I guess from all the posts on this forum, it would appear that these cards do have issues (either hardware related or just not as powerful as the external ones).

Thanks for getting back to me.

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