Same here -- Inspiron 9100 w/512 MB of memory -- accumulating about 1,000 faults per second on WLTray.txe and BCMNTray.exe. System performance has degraded badly.
I haven't updated the driver recently, though. Any pointers?
I have the same problem on my D600 but may have found a workaround.
I selected to use Windows to manage my wireless networks in the wltray utility. Setup my wireless network in the windows wireless network connections window, then ended the wltray.exe process.
That was Dell's "solution." True, using Windows XP native support for managing wireless connections does prevent the memory leak since WLTRAY.exe process won't be running!
However, the available functionality is inferior to the Broadcom utility, so the root cause of the memory leak should be fixed.
Besides, prior to upgrading to SP2, I couldn't use the built-in tool because my VPN connection would drop randomly several times / hour thru my Netgear router.
I've been having the exact same problem. Very nasty memory leak. Looks like Dell has finally updated their driver, though. Click here to go to the download page. If that link doesn't work, I'm sure you all can find the driver on your own.
I've only been running the new driver and WLAN utility for 30 minutes, but the memory usage is vastly improved. But we are talking about a memory leak, so I'll need to run it much longer to determine if they have really fixed the problem. The UI has totally changed, by the way.
tomicjr
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tinman803
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I selected to use Windows to manage my wireless networks in the wltray utility. Setup my wireless network in the windows wireless network connections window, then ended the wltray.exe process.
Initial test indicate no more memory leak!
tomicjr
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January 5th, 2006 05:00
That was Dell's "solution." True, using Windows XP native support for managing wireless connections does prevent the memory leak since WLTRAY.exe process won't be running!
However, the available functionality is inferior to the Broadcom utility, so the root cause of the memory leak should be fixed.
Besides, prior to upgrading to SP2, I couldn't use the built-in tool because my VPN connection would drop randomly several times / hour thru my Netgear router.
sstidman
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January 30th, 2006 08:00
I've been having the exact same problem. Very nasty memory leak. Looks like Dell has finally updated their driver, though. Click here to go to the download page. If that link doesn't work, I'm sure you all can find the driver on your own.
I've only been running the new driver and WLAN utility for 30 minutes, but the memory usage is vastly improved. But we are talking about a memory leak, so I'll need to run it much longer to determine if they have really fixed the problem. The UI has totally changed, by the way.