Swimmer Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 My brother just got a new Dell 6000 laptop with the 2200b/g networking card. Unfortinally Dell ships the new systems with SP2 installed. I have found that it is just about impossible for his computer to stay on a network for any length of time. Much less shut it down and have the computer reconnect on start up. I am wondering if anyone has found a solution for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Does the computer freeze up after a period of time because i have had a similiar problem...my computer w/sp2 freezes up completely so i am forced to shutdown with my wirless adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6arett Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Wireless in genral is flakey for me atleast. Im lucky if I get 1 day out of my connection, my computers on 24/7 (sometimes using wireless) and when I do im able to stay connected 12-16 hours and than it reconnects without notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 That's pretty weird, I have a Compaq Laptop with SP2 installed already in it and going wireless and never disconnect. If I do disconnect it would only disconnect for like 10sec then connects back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Yeah, wireless is becoming notorious for being unreliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech_Net Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 I think I might know what you wil need to fix this. Do you have Lan and Wireless connection enable at the same time? Try disable Lan Connection, and have only wirless connection enable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6arett Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 I said reconnect, not disconnect lol. Tell me about to many neigbors with Wireless their also pretty illiterate when it comes to it, they have open networks and i find whenever my cell phone is around like sitting next to the usb wireless thing i loose it more often like i just did a few mins ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 the thing is that my Pre sp2 laptop on the same router has no problems what so ever.. not to mention they are the exact same wireless cards.. I have 4 on wireless and this is the only one that seems to have problems.. Most of the time I can get this stuff to work.. but this one is just really pissing me off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6arett Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Maybe your router can only support 3 wireless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 It is a Di-524, DI-614+ or a WRG101.. I have 3.. an it does it on every single one... I can get it to connect but i cant keep it connected for long periods of time or after shutdown. the ip lease is set at a week. I have WPA on the 524 and the 101 and WEP 128 on the 614+.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Go to http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-010623.htm and get the latest 2200BG driver and software set. http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/detail_desc.aspx?ProductID=1637&DwnldID=9003&agr=N is the direct link. When you install it, don't install the Single signon option since it will remove the fast user switching. I'm running this on our Dell Inspiron 6000 with winXP Pro. You can install the driver only or some of the extra software. The admin tools are pretty kewl. You can see signal strength, which access point you are connecting to, etc. You can also setup exclusions so that you aren't connecting to a neighbors network. If you install the admins tools and software, they run a bunch of other tasks so it'll look like you got invaded by a virus or adware. I don't like that much, but I really like the admin tool so I deal with it. I'm running it on my HP laptop right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Got the latest drivers.. checked that one already.. I will take a look into the other program. thanks a whole lot!! are you running sp2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted August 5, 2005 CID Share Posted August 5, 2005 Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted August 6, 2005 CID Share Posted August 6, 2005 One other thing, with the control tools, you can lock the connection to a particular access point (via MAC address). That is extremely useful when you are trying to pinpoint connection issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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