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Crystal525

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February 9th, 2006 14:00

Wireless Problems...

I have a dell latitude. For the past few months we have had trouble connecting wirelessly. Our router kept messing up  and we would have to reinstall the router -- so thinking it was the router we went out and bought a new linksys cable gateway. When the laptop initially turns on sometimes it is connected and will browse for a while and other times it is not and nothing I do (even rebooting) will not fix it. Sometimes it is connected for a few minutes and then loses it's connection and I cannot get it back.  Most of the time it sees the network and the network appears available with an excellent connection but we cannot get it to connect. I have turned off the WEP settings until we get this fixed.  We are using Windows XP Professional. Suggestions on correcting this problem? Our hard-wired connections all do very well.

kj_2006

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February 9th, 2006 15:00

I have what sounds like a very similar problem also with a Latitude, and co-incidentally a Linksys Router. Depending on the distance between the laptop and router, the connection stays up for anything between a few minutes and a couple of hours. The Router is only a 802.11b so perhaps replacing with a 802.11g may help if its a case of signal strength.

First though, I'm going to use the latest network drivers as a long shot. In my case I use the built-in Dell TrueMobile WLAN Mini PCI Card and noticed that there's a more recent driver available than mine.

I'll drop you a line if either of these work.

Cheers.

Crystal525

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February 9th, 2006 16:00

Let me know if something works for you.  I have always had problems losing connection. The network would flip between being available and unavailable at the drop of a dime when I had a wireless g (linksys) router with a motorola modem.  But once I shut the browswer and reopen it would let me browse again.  Now I have a gateway (linksys router and modem in one) and I can't seem to connect at all.  Once in a while after the computer has been shut down for a while, when I restart it the connection will be there momentarily.  I will probably end up trying a new card or usb adapter.  I just hate spending the money if I'm just doing something wrong.  Since it will connect once in a while -- that leads me to believe that the configuration is correct.  I'm just frustrated at this point.  Thanks.

kj_2006

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February 15th, 2006 21:00

The latest driver (v4.10) does indeed appear to have fixed the problem with the line dropping intermittently. So, all seems to be holding up there.
 
However, it seems to have introduced a problem of its own - the signal strength has decreased and therefore the connection speed has suffered has a result of the fix.
 
So, it fixed it for me, although there's a new less serious problem to resolve, in another forum. Can you post something here if you do apply the fix too.

Crystal525

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February 16th, 2006 12:00

I used the easy way first...I went and bought a new wireless card.  I bought the wireless g plus by belkin.  Since even when I had connection it was so weak from the area I would normally use it in.  So--the new card solved it for me. 

dhruva

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February 18th, 2006 17:00

See my post. Very similar problem. Try the 'B Mode ONLY' on your router, if possible.  This worked for me.

dhruva

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February 18th, 2006 17:00

I have 2 Lattitude D610s with Intel 2200BG Mini-PCI cards. I also have other Dell laptops: Inspiron 4100, 4150, 5100  with Dell Mini-PCI Wireless cards and a D-Link, USR etc wireless PC Cards.  The Intel Cards will NOT work with USR Router 8450 in Mixed B & G Mode or just G mode.  Other cards work fine. I upgraded the S/W to version 10.x.. , still no go.  The Laptops will connect to the router with a valid IP and may be able to browse for a few minutes if I am lucky, but then no data transfer! (HTTP or FTP or POP or SMTP). This problem does not occur with any other cards (other than Intel 2200 BG).  The card woks fine in B mode. Changed every possible setting in the Intel cards and the router. The only consistant setting is "B mode only" on the router.
 
So, I bought a D-Link router D-524. Same problem, but not as consistent.
 
At this time, I feel the problem is with Intel cards as other cards work fine in G mode or mixed mode.
 
Any thoughts?
 
 
 

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