Re: Wireless connects, fades, then disconnects.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:31:52 -0400, jimmyg123
<jimmyg123.2xlfq1@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:

>I'm currently running a D-Link DSL-G604T Wireless Router with my Dell
>Inspiron 6000 with integrated Intel 2200BG wireless and it's been
>running perfect for years (maybe 2?).
>
>Then one day it started playing up... It connects, then the signal
>strength appears to weaken then it disconnects and says no wireless
>network can be found. I tried plugging in a usb wireless and it does a
>similar thing... I figured it must be something to do with the D-Link,
>however when I put another laptop next to mine, it's wireless ran
>fine...
>
>Anyone got any ideas or could push me in the right direction?

I'll assume XP Home. There was an old driver problem with the Intel
2200BG Proset 9.x driver that would do something like that. You
probably have a later version, but it wouldn't hurt to update to
11.1.x
<http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro2200bg/>
<http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1637>

However, if the unspecified USB device does the same thing, you
probably have something that is making the machine very busy. Run the
Task Manager to see if the CPU is busy and what process is burning all
the cycles. If you can't seem much detail with the stock Task
Manager, download MS Process Explorer, which shows much more detail:
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/processesandthreads/processexplorer.mspx>

It's also possible that you're getting some form of interference. Try
sniffing with Netstumbler or Kismet and see if there are any obvious
sources of interference. Try changing channel to 1, 6, or 11.


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