wireless cutting out

Question

I have a wireless DLink router (DI-624), with my Dell Dimension 2400 hardwired into it and my Dell Inspiron 640 otherwised known as the XPS M140 connecting wirelessly. The problems I am having is that my wireless internet connection is not stable. It drops all the time. At first when trying to cause of the problem, I thought it was my laptop, because it was doing the same thing at school as it was at home. But then I started to notice that my Dimension 2400 that was hardwired into the router was also cutting out as well. I called DLink, and they advised me to upgrade my firmware on my router, which I did, and this would solve my problems. As it stands now the problems still exist. Also to add...when it was just my Dimension 2400 hardwired into my highspeed cable modem there was no cutting out, so I don't think it's my Service Provider. (They don't think it's them as well:)) Any suggestions?

2nice · Answer

I might add that the connection on the laptop usually says Excellent, and the problems still occur.

MRF4700 · Answer

2nice After updating the firmware on your router, did you reset the router to it's default settings and reconfigure? This step is always advised after a firmware update. Are you running Windows XP on both computers?

2nice · Answer

Yeah, I did reset the router to it's default settings and reconfigured. And yes I am running windows xp home on both computers.

jjsteele · Answer

what is firmware and how do you update it?

dave53 · Answer

check your power management and set it to high

2nice · Answer

tried...problems still occur

MRF4700 · Answer

2nice If the wireless card is internal on your Inspiron 640, try updating the driver for it?

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