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November 16th, 2012 17:00

Wireless Card Issue

I have a 2 month old Dell Inspiron 14z with Windows 7. My Wifi Connection will drop out every 5-10 minutes and I have to reconnect to the network. In addition, everytime I wake my computer up from sleep mode, it will take 2-3 minutes to connect to wifi and I always have to try multiple times to connect to the network before it works. Sometimes when I try the troubleshoot issues, it says that my wireless card is not functioning properly. 

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    DELL-Vikram M

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    Posted November 16th, 2012 19:00

    Hi mattjaffe,

    Change the power management settings of the wireless card:

    1. Click on ‘Start’ and right click on ‘My Computer’ and click on ‘Manage’.
    2. Click on ‘Device Manager’.
    3. Click the + sign to expand the ‘Network Adapters’ entry.
    4. Right-click the wireless adapter and click ‘Properties’.
    5. Click on 'Power Management'.
    6. Uncheck 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power'.
    7. Click on 'Ok'.
    Also, change the power options for the wireless card:
    1. Click 'Start'.
    2. Click 'Control Panel'.
    3. Click 'System and Maintenance'.
    4. Click 'Power Options'.
    5. Click on 'Change Plan settings' depending on the power plan your system is using currently.
    6. Click 'Change advanced power settings'. Balanced [Active] should automatically show in the dropdown box.
    7. Click the + symbol in front of 'Wireless Adapter Settings' to expand the section.
    8. Click the + symbol in front of 'Power Savings Mode' to expand the section.
    9. Select 'Maximum Power Savings' for the 'On Battery' setting.
        10.  Click on 'Apply'.
    You can also change the wireless channel and change ‘Roaming aggressiveness’ to ‘Highest’:
    1. Click on ‘Start’ and right click on ‘My Computer’ and click on ‘Manage’.
    2. Click on ‘Device Manager’.
    3. Click the + sign to expand the ‘Network Adapters’ entry.
    4. Right-click the wireless adapter and click ‘Properties’.
    5. Click the Advanced tab to configure the advanced settings.
    6. Click 'Roaming aggressiveness' and change is to 'Highest'.
    7. Also, click on 'Wireless Channel' and change the channel to ‘11’.
    8. Check if the issue is fixed.

    I will recommend you to uninstall and re install wireless driver in case the issue is not resolved:

    1. Click on ‘Start’ and right click on ‘My Computer’ and click on ‘Manage’.
    2. Click on ‘Device Manager’.
    3. Click the + sign to expand the ‘Network Adapters’ entry.
    4. Right click the wireless adapter and click 'uninstall'.
    5. Once done, click on 'Start' and click on 'Control Panel'.
    6. Click on 'Programs and features'.
    7. Look for wireless card's software; right click on it and click on 'uninstall'.
    8. Restart the system and click on the link: http://dell.to/QjjZDA
    9. Enter the service tag and select the operating system.
    10. Go to 'Network' and select the wireless card driver depending on the wireless card your system has.
    11. Click on 'Download File' and select 'Single-file download'.
    12. Click on 'Continue'.
    13. Click on 'Save' and save the driver on the desktop.
    14. Right click on the driver from the desktop and click on 'Run as administrator'.
    15. Follow the on screen instructions to install the driver.
    16. Restart the system.

    If the issue still persists, update the BIOS:

    Note: Please save any unsaved data as your system will restart automatically after updating the BIOS. Disconnect all the external peripherals like printer, camera, scanner, external hard drive, flash drive etc. Also, the battery should be charged 10% or above.

    • Click on the link: http://dell.to/QjjZDA
    • Enter the service tag and select the operating system.
    • Go to 'BIOS' and select the latest BIOS version.
    • Click on 'Download Now'.
    • Select 'Single-file Download' and click on 'Continue'.
    • Click on 'Run' and follow the on screen instructions.

    Keep me posted. Please reply for any further questions.

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    Posted November 17th, 2012 09:00

    I have same problem on my Studio XPS where ONLY the downloading internet speed with a connection at 11MG (I tested same time on MACs = 11MG) changes continuously to lower than 3MG and often going close to zero and stall the applications.

    Can you suggest what to do?

    grazie

    marino

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