Wireless signal strength low when I Start the computer

Question

I have a 5160 that used to work fine with my wireless router...   Now, when I start up or come out of sleep mode, the signal starts at 18.mbps, will usually drop down to 1 for awhile, and then after I try to repai the connections or reboot, it will climb back up to 54...   Any ideas, people?

volcano11 · Answer

Which wireless network adapter is installed on your machine?  Are you using Windows to manage the wireless network connection or the wireless adapter's utility to manage the connection?  Have you updated the drivers for your wireless card to that latest available?  Have you made any recent changes to your environment such as add new cordless telephones or added new software or hardware to your computer?  Answers to these question might help us to know where to begin to find a solution to your problem.   Steve

mricect · Answer

@volcano11 wrote:

Which wireless network adapter is installed on your machine? Are you using Windows to manage the wireless network connection or the wireless adapter's utility to manage the connection? Have you updated the drivers for your wireless card to that latest available? Have you made any recent changes to your environment such as add new cordless telephones or added new software or hardware to your computer? Answers to these question might help us to know where to begin to find a solution to your problem.

Steve

1350 WLAN Mini PCI Card...Using the card to manage wireless

I seem the have the latest driver...though the Dell update site has a release date of 6/23/2006 and the driver date in the Device Manager shows 11/2/2005...

Haven't really done anything to the environment...we have another lap top (new macbook) as well now and that connects no problem with no "warm-up" period.

volcano11 · Answer

I would suggest two things.  First, try letting Windows manage the wireless network instead of the Dell Utility.   Second, try the latest drivers at   http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R140747&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=187881   Steve

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Wireless signal strength low when I Start the computer

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