Wireless Networking Woes

Question

I have an I9300 with the 2200BG wireless adapter and since day one it has been a pain. First I used to let Windows manage my wireless network and I would get random connectivity drops, connection would not reconnect from suspend or hibernate mode, sometime it would use my neighbor's connection instead of mine. I read some place that letting Intel manage the wireless adapter is better so I no longer have windows managing my wireless adapter. But the intel driver sometimes has issues, it reports a weak strength when I am literally like 10 feet away from the wireless router, it drops connections, most annoying is having to wait a like 30 secs upon logging into Windows in order for it to establish a connection. Another annoyance is when I unplug the laptop to take it to another room all of a sudden I can no longer connect to the internet. If anyone has any suggestions to try or settings to tweak it would be appreciated.

bacillus · Answer

Is your neighbour's wireless network using the same channel as you are?
If the answer is yes, it would be advisable to change the wireless channel used by your router.
If you intend to use the Intel software for managing your wireless I suggest that you turn off the Windows Zero configurations service.
What version of Intel drivers is your wireless card using? You will have to look in device manager to get this information.

Apart from the above, it would appear that you are using a wireless network with no form of security such as WEP or WPA making it vulnerable to hackers and other intruders. The same can be said about your neighbour's wireless network.

robucf · Answer

@bacillus wrote:
Is your neighbour's wireless network using the same channel as you are?
If the answer is yes, it would be advisable to change the wireless channel used by your router.
If you intend to use the Intel software for managing your wireless I suggest that you turn off the Windows Zero configurations service.
What version of Intel drivers is your wireless card using? You will have to look in device manager to get this information.

Apart from the above, it would appear that you are using a wireless network with no form of security such as WEP or WPA making it vulnerable to hackers and other intruders. The same can be said about your neighbour's wireless network.

I never changed the channel so whatever the default is being used.

I use Windows XP Pro where do I turn off the Wireless Zero config? Although I think I have but not sure.

The version is whatever is the most up to date on the dell download site.

I do have security I have to provide a network key to access my wireless network. Half the networks in my neighborhood broadcast their ssid and have 0 security =)

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