wireless signal drops

Question

I keep dropping my wireless connection. I have tried a new wireless card and new wireless router. I do not have a cordless phone and my laptop is in direct view of my router. I've talked to Dell tech support twice and still no fix. It drops its connection on average once every 5 minutes. It makes my wireless connection useless. I have to keep going in and repairing the connection. The connection is flawless when wired to the router. I have a Dell Inspiron 600m w/ intel Pro/ Wireless 2200BG network connection,
driver ver. 9.0.2.31,linksys wireless -g router w/ speedbooster. I've updated the drives for the wireless card and updated the firmware on the router. Also run winsockxpfix. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

jmwills · Answer

It's my understanding that the products with 'speedboost' only work well together when paired with thier own brand (Linksys router & Linksys card).  I read this a while back and it could be true or not.

Bora1.8T · Answer

I think I solved the problem. I've uninstalled the ProWireless software and the drivers for the card, reinstalled the driver ver 9.0.2.31 and let windows control the wireless connection. I used it for about 4 hours last night and about 2 hours today with no issues. I guess there was some kind of software conflict w/ the ProWireless software. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Mrollie · Answer

If you have a desktop directly connected to the router it may be sending device resets to the router. I had a Dell 4700 doing this yesterday. Try disconnecting the desktop machine. If that works you need to reset the TCP/IP stack and WINSOCK.

gbarn88347 · Answer

This problem is normaly caused by the windows firewall even if you have disabled the windows firewall some features remain enabled go to control panel click on firewall click on the advanced tab then untick all the check boxes I am certain this will fix your problem

Gary

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