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post #1 of 8
3/4/05 at 12:02am
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my linksys 802.11b died. got a d-link di-624 from a friend. i keep losing the wireless connection though, three times in the last 30 minutes. whats up with that?

dell 700m with intel 2100 card by the way (intel 2200 card on the way)
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post #2 of 8
3/4/05 at 12:28am
are you using speedswitchxp or some other power management schemes? if so, you may have it set where it will reduce power to the wireless device
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post #3 of 8
3/4/05 at 9:44pm
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i have no idea what scheme i'm using. how do i find out?
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post #4 of 8
3/4/05 at 10:05pm
go to device manager and look at the properties for your wireless card. There should be a setting for the power consumption, Set it to max preformance.

Also, make sure that the firmware on the router is the most recent.

I had a linksys that was dropping all the time. I made these two changes and it has not dropped the connection since.

Hope this helps.

-rick
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post #5 of 8
3/5/05 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by nydog
my linksys 802.11b died. got a d-link di-624 from a friend. i keep losing the wireless connection though, three times in the last 30 minutes. whats up with that?

dell 700m with intel 2100 card by the way (intel 2200 card on the way)
i'm using a dlink 624 with my 2200 and also with another 2100 and never had any drops.

maybe u should reset/update the bios on the dlink? and also your laptop for the wireless card?
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post #6 of 8
3/5/05 at 2:01am
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ok. power managment set to max. i'll update firmware on router tomorrow.

thanks
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post #7 of 8
3/6/05 at 1:26am
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got the 2200 card today and its in. havent notice any problems.....yet. i also updated the firmware on the router. one thing i've noticed is, i cant seem to do the power management change anymore, the option isnt there to make any changes. why is that?

thanks again for the help
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post #8 of 8
3/6/05 at 3:40am
b/c you are probably using the intel procom software rather than windows xp handling it...you can adjust power properties by accessing the intel software.
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