I have a new machine with the Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG and a Netgear WGR614 v4. I tried the Dell drivers, then I tried Intel's latest drivers, both with Windows (XPP SP2) managing the wireless connection. Both drivers had intermittent speed drops and lost connections.
After searching around, I found a few mentions of the older drivers working better on the 2200BG.
If you're having network connection problems with the 2200BG, give these a try:
wireless 8.1.1.0 - generic TIC 88663.exe
(driver version 8.1.0.28)
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1637
I disabled Windows management of the wireless connection and let Intel's Proset manage the connections (Proset management with Intel 90159 drivers wouldn't connect at all).
I also turned the adapter Power Management to Manual/Maximum Performance and made sure Transmit Power was at 100%.
This has made a huge difference. I haven't noticed any lost connections since I've been using this driver and the card seems to get a connection much quicker than the newer driver versions and Windows control did on startup. Web pages even seem to load faster.
After searching around, I found a few mentions of the older drivers working better on the 2200BG.
If you're having network connection problems with the 2200BG, give these a try:
wireless 8.1.1.0 - generic TIC 88663.exe
(driver version 8.1.0.28)
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1637
I disabled Windows management of the wireless connection and let Intel's Proset manage the connections (Proset management with Intel 90159 drivers wouldn't connect at all).
I also turned the adapter Power Management to Manual/Maximum Performance and made sure Transmit Power was at 100%.
This has made a huge difference. I haven't noticed any lost connections since I've been using this driver and the card seems to get a connection much quicker than the newer driver versions and Windows control did on startup. Web pages even seem to load faster.
