wifi light blinking

Question

I just installed a intel pro 3945 wireless card on my inspiron E1505 and everything works fine except my wifi light on my notebook blinks everytime im surfing or downloading..The only time it will stop is when im not downloading or browsing thru the net..Is this normal ? I ask this because my dell 1490 that i had beofre would never blink..Is there a way to make it stop blink by changing some kind of setting ? please help ?

george71 · Answer

I bought this intel 3945 card from amazon and not from dell and then i installed the latest intel driver from the intel website 10.5.2.0..What could be the problem ?

volcano11 · Answer

Try installing the latest drivers from the Intel web site.   Steve

Rufatik · Answer

I have replaced faulty MiniPCI on my Dell 9300 with Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 Mini PCI 802.11g MiniPCI purchaced from eBay. Installed 10.5.2.0 drivers from Intel and still have same WiFi indicator blinking problem. Any suggestion??? Looks like Wireless Connection works though despite the blinking problem.

Rufatik · Answer

In fact I've noted that the driver version In Device Manager is not 10.5.3.0  or 11.1.0.0   that I've also trtied to intall as well but the   9.0.4.33 No idea why it is not reflecting the driver version that I am installing.

moser11 · Answer

Sorry, meant to mention that I too am having the blinking indicator light, however the card the the stock one that came with this laptop (XPS m140). Has anyone come up with what the possible cause could be?

moser11 · Answer

Its the most up to date driver that intel has for the 2200BG. I have one as well and at first I was confused but if you look at the description for the drivers included in the download, that is the one for the card.

Rufatik · Answer

Actually I did a little research and looks like it is an advantage not the problem. Blinking light indicate received packages like a hard drive indicator do its blinking when it is doing something. I picked up this info from. http://www.notebookforums.com/thread127781-2.html

moser11 · Answer

That is possible. I have only noticed this issue recently however, hence my curiosity as to why it is happening.

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