Wireless connection keeps going from "very good" to "low"?

I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
etc.

For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
minutes of starting the computer up.

We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.

I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
should try first?

The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Shaynelle

Shaynelle@gmail.com () wrote in
news:1166635127.978589.139010@f1g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com:

> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's
> restore utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some
> suggestions I should try first?

Make sure you haven't accidentally turned on the "power save" feature
of the wireless adapter. It might even be turned on by default.

If you're using the Lenovo "Access Connections" utility, it's a
parameter of your wireless profile, and the way it's named is
confusing (well, it confused me anyway); the "High" setting is for
"high power saving" which translates into low wireless performance.

When my adapter is operating in that mode, I get poor performance
over a distance of only 10 feet.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

Shaynelle@gmail.com wrote:
> I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
> me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
> etc.
>
> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
> it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
> minutes of starting the computer up.
>
> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>
> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
> should try first?
>
> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Shaynelle
>


Well, Shaynelle, I hope your bedrest is working to your and your baby's
advantage! Remember that if you don't feel well, contact your physician
immediately! That's what your physician expects.

[My wife is a neonatal nurse practitioner for 30 years, and her big
gripe is with mothers who are reluctant to call the physician. She says
that the patient knows when they are not doing well, and too many fail
to make the call early.]

One thing you can do is have your husband or partner change the
orientation of the router's antenna; sometimes this helps. OTOH, Bert
probably has the clue you need to keep your wireless connected.

I wish well for you and your baby! Are you going to deliver for Christmas?

Q

Have you changed the default SSID in the router?

You may be attached to a neighbor's D-link. I have seen this many times
even though you have a stronger signal from the next room your computer
insists on connecting to the weaker signal.


<Shaynelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1166635127.978589.139010@f1g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
> me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
> etc.
>
> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
> it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
> minutes of starting the computer up.
>
> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>
> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
> should try first?
>
> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Shaynelle
>

By any chance is it one of those piece of dung pre-n things? Mine cycles
between very poor to excellent, even though it's 10 ft away..

Cliff Hartle wrote:
> Have you changed the default SSID in the router?
>
> You may be attached to a neighbor's D-link. I have seen this many
> times even though you have a stronger signal from the next room your
> computer insists on connecting to the weaker signal.
>
>
> <Shaynelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1166635127.978589.139010@f1g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>> I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband
>> purchased me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play
>> games, email etc.
>>
>> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but
>> lately it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after
>> about 10 minutes of starting the computer up.
>>
>> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
>> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>>
>> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
>> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
>> should try first?
>>
>> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
>> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Shaynelle

Mine does this all the time! Some house around me must have a router.
It constantly wants to connect to it, even whwn ours is right next to
the laptop.

Cathy L

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:35:41 GMT, "Cliff Hartle"
<cliff_hartle@verizon.net> wrote:

>Have you changed the default SSID in the router?
>
>You may be attached to a neighbor's D-link. I have seen this many times
>even though you have a stronger signal from the next room your computer
>insists on connecting to the weaker signal.
>
>
><Shaynelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1166635127.978589.139010@f1g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
>> me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
>> etc.
>>
>> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
>> it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
>> minutes of starting the computer up.
>>
>> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
>> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>>
>> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
>> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
>> should try first?
>>
>> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
>> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Shaynelle
>>
>

Shaynelle,

I'd recommend getting the 10.5.1.0 Intel bundle from Lenovo:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-62875

See if that doesn't help.

Have a speedy recovery,

Aaron

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> I am on bedrest due to pregnancy complications, so my husband purchased
> me an inexpensive laptop so I could browse the net, play games, email
> etc.
>
> For the first month or so the wireless connection was fine, but lately
> it always is "low" or "very low" and often cuts out after about 10
> minutes of starting the computer up.
>
> We have a D-Link wireless router and the Lenovo laptop we have has an
> Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG NIC.
>
> I am considering saving all my files and just doing Lenovo's restore
> utility, but before I try that, does anyone have some suggestions I
> should try first?
>
> The router is just in the next room over, so the issue isn't that the
> laptop is trying to access the connection over a large distance.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Shaynelle
>

Cathy L wrote:
> Mine does this all the time! Some house around me must have a router.
> It constantly wants to connect to it, even whwn ours is right next to
> the laptop.
>
> Cathy L

By any chance is it one of those piece of dung pre-n things? Mine cycles
between very poor to excellent, even though it's 10 ft away..