Problems with wireless network stability in Dell Inspiron 1100

Hello...

I've got a problem with the stability of the network in my Dell
Inspiron 1100 running the Wireless Card: XCONX 11b/g wireless adapter
on the PCMCIA port being run on the original driver:

Sometimes I can't connect to the netwprk several times (the warning
saying that I have limited access or no access is being displayed),
sometimes I loose connection in the middle of the session, sometimes
I'm in but don't receive any/enough packets, sometimes internet slows
down to an unacceptable values (should be 54mbs) but I'm waiting ages
for the most simple webpage -after refreshing is either the same or
suddenly speeds up.

I'm nearly sure that the problem is down to me hardware as this
happens on two different networks.

Thanks for any help with this really annoying problem.

THE NOX

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<thenox44@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:ec85689a-bf85-4a78-a443-83d3f80b95e8@h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hello...
>
> I've got a problem with the stability of the network in my Dell
> Inspiron 1100 running the Wireless Card: XCONX 11b/g wireless adapter
> on the PCMCIA port being run on the original driver:
>
> Sometimes I can't connect to the netwprk several times (the warning
> saying that I have limited access or no access is being displayed),
> sometimes I loose connection in the middle of the session, sometimes
> I'm in but don't receive any/enough packets, sometimes internet slows
> down to an unacceptable values (should be 54mbs) but I'm waiting ages
> for the most simple webpage -after refreshing is either the same or
> suddenly speeds up.
>
> I'm nearly sure that the problem is down to me hardware as this
> happens on two different networks.
>
> Thanks for any help with this really annoying problem.
>
> THE NOX
>

Try the card in another machine if possible, if the problem follows the card
its the card thats at fault if its ok then the problem lies with your laptop
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> And on the seventh day God said: "I will rest... Murphy take over."
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thenox44@googlemail.com writes:
>Hello...

>I've got a problem with the stability of the network in my Dell
>Inspiron 1100 running the Wireless Card: XCONX 11b/g wireless adapter
>on the PCMCIA port being run on the original driver:

>Sometimes I can't connect to the netwprk several times (the warning
>saying that I have limited access or no access is being displayed),
>sometimes I loose connection in the middle of the session, sometimes
>I'm in but don't receive any/enough packets, sometimes internet slows
>down to an unacceptable values (should be 54mbs) but I'm waiting ages
>for the most simple webpage -after refreshing is either the same or
>suddenly speeds up.

>I'm nearly sure that the problem is down to me hardware as this
>happens on two different networks.

I had some initial problems with wireless stability on a Gateway laptop.
The two things I found contributing to the problem were:

1. Wireless Zero Config (part of XP, on by default). It has a
reputation of dropping perfectly good connections periodically to look
for "better" connections. I disabled it and ran the config utility
provided by the manufacturer of the wireless PCI card. No more
mysterious disconnects.

2. I found that with power saving enabled on the wireless card, web
pages would often "hang", but a "refresh" generally fixed them.
Disabling power saving, so the card's receiver was always on, got rid of
the hangs (which were probably due to dropped packets while the card was
sleeping).

Dave

Hmm: unfortunately that producer doesn't provide the software so it
has to rely on Windows tool :-(

Do the latest XCONX drivers help or hinder? Perhaps you can borrow another
brand of PCMCIA wireless card to try, to see if the problem is card or computer?

What brands of routers are the access points for which you are experiencing
difficulty?

The XCONX web site shows that their cards are capable of "Super-G" 108Mbps
speeds. Are there any configuration parameters in device's properties? There
should be if the software is well designed. You ought to be able to throttle
the card back to 54Mbps or even 10Mbps for testing.

Unless you are copying large files back and forth across a local area network,
rather than simply using the www, there is no appreciable difference in speed
among the various settings of SuperG, 802.11g, and 802.11b. So if the card
works reliably at 10Mbps, be happy... Ben Myers


On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:12:57 -0800 (PST), thenox44@googlemail.com wrote:

>Hello...
>
>I've got a problem with the stability of the network in my Dell
>Inspiron 1100 running the Wireless Card: XCONX 11b/g wireless adapter
>on the PCMCIA port being run on the original driver:
>
>Sometimes I can't connect to the netwprk several times (the warning
>saying that I have limited access or no access is being displayed),
>sometimes I loose connection in the middle of the session, sometimes
>I'm in but don't receive any/enough packets, sometimes internet slows
>down to an unacceptable values (should be 54mbs) but I'm waiting ages
>for the most simple webpage -after refreshing is either the same or
>suddenly speeds up.
>
>I'm nearly sure that the problem is down to me hardware as this
>happens on two different networks.
>
>Thanks for any help with this really annoying problem.
>
>THE NOX
>
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>And on the seventh day God said: "I will rest... Murphy take over."
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thenox44@googlemail.com writes:
>Hmm: unfortunately that producer doesn't provide the software so it
>has to rely on Windows tool :-(

Someone else said that the card claims to be able to do 108 Mbps speed.
That suggests it's based on an Atheros chipset, and the Atheros
reference drivers might work on it.

I have several Atheros-based D-Link cards, and I use Atheros drivers on
all of them in preference to the D-Link drivers.

Dave