Intel 4965 wireless card & 802.11g router problem

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am having a problem with my new M1530 with the Intel 4965 wireless card connecting to the internet through my 802.11g router . It can see the network and says its connected locally and to the internet but when I open IE it doesn't connect. Then it connects but then seems lose the connection and reconnects and lets me surf again then i lose it again?

If i have it set to G mode only or Auto it seems i only get 5.5mb it just seems to keep losing connection? Speeds goes from 54mbps down to 5.5 or even 2?
 
Switch the wireless off, and plug the laptop in with an ethernet cable. What happens then? I.e. we need to know whether this is an issue with just the wireless connectivity.

I have just bought a Netgear DG834Gv4 for use with someone's new Dell Inspiron laptop so I'm really hoping there's not some kind of wireless incompatibility problem.
 
no problem with it being plugged in get downloads of 1.68mb a second like that just like my pc upstairs thats on eathernet.

Soon as wireless connects i can't get over 90kb on downloads when it's connected.

Really getting frustrated here!

It keeps going up and down the speed from 54mbps it drops to just 2mbps
 
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How old is the router? My DG834G that I've just bought is v4 and says "Supports Vista" on the packet. I'll try and let you know how I get on with setting it up with the new Dell laptop in a few days time.

If it's an older router, then I am guessing that maybe the wireless protocol under Vista, which has some IPv6 capability, is confusing the router. Someone correct me if necessary ...
 
Hi, i had the exact same problem with my new 1530 which i installed XP on. Vista works fine, XP I was getting constant disconnections. Router is possibly the same as yours aswell.

To fix this i installed the older drivers (not available on dell support).

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20lan-wan.htm 11.1.1.16

just install the drivers (custom install) not any of the Intel software stuff. After a few restarts it is now behaving its self. It started off d/c'ing every 20mins or so, but now seems solid.
 
TheCrow said:
Hi, i had the exact same problem with my new 1530 which i installed XP on. Vista works fine, XP I was getting constant disconnections. Router is possibly the same as yours aswell.

To fix this i installed the older drivers (not available on dell support).

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20lan-wan.htm 11.1.1.16

just install the drivers (custom install) not any of the Intel software stuff. After a few restarts it is now behaving its self. It started off d/c'ing every 20mins or so, but now seems solid.
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Ok i will give it ago i could cry at the moment with this!
 
Ok i've installed the drivers for this and it's connected.

But it's still struggling to display web pages even though it says it's connected.

Starts off well but then it can't find them.

in my router set up i've auto108MBPS, G&b and also tried G only


Had it on G only and channel 1 and it shot up to 1mb downloads but then dropped to 200kb and the connection speed went down to 5.5mbps?
 
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TheCrow said:
Hi, i had the exact same problem with my new 1530 which i installed XP on. Vista works fine, XP I was getting constant disconnections. Router is possibly the same as yours aswell.

To fix this i installed the older drivers (not available on dell support).

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20lan-wan.htm 11.1.1.16

just install the drivers (custom install) not any of the Intel software stuff. After a few restarts it is now behaving its self. It started off d/c'ing every 20mins or so, but now seems solid.
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Ok i've done a fresh install and reinstalled everything. I've installed that drive you posted and things seem better though i'm still getting radom cut offs but it seems to reconnect right away.

Any more ideas to try and fix this?

Thanks
 
i have just tried my laptop at a mates house who is using a bthome hub and i connected straight away with no problems and no drop outs.the prob must be my netgear router at home.does anyone have any suggestions what i can try next...firmware maybe???
 
I take it that when you test the laptop wirelessly you are using it very close to the router so that wireless signal strength isn't an issue here?

It would be good if you could test your router with another wireless laptop, as then you would know whether this is an issue with the wireless signal broadcast from the router, or whether it's the wireless settings on the laptop.

Most likely, it is something to do with the wireless drivers / settings of the wireless card on the laptop, so I wonder if you can go into Control Panel / System / Hardware Tab / Device Manager / Wireless Network Adapter / Properties and experiment with some of the settings on there.
 
Signal says excellent on it all the time.

Tried loads of drivers all weekend and still the same issue stands i'm sure the router must be faulty.

My mate that i tried my laptop on his homehub connected right away and stayed connected and was fast. I then try mine and it can't connect, it then does connect and it's slow and pages don't display.

Well fed up with all of this!
 
Are you able to borrow a laptop with a different wireless network adapter? Then you could establish whether the router is at fault or whether, more likely in my opinion, it's a particular incompatibility issue between the Intel 4965 wireless card under Win XP and the particular version of the DG834G you have.

Something is clearly interrupting the wireless network communication signal but now we are talking wireless communication protocols and things get pretty complicated to rectify. (Have you tried another channel?? You might be getting interference?) Trying another router would be the quick albeit expensive option.

Also, could there be interference from cordless phones etc etc
 
I don't have another router to try and sky somehow lock your passwords in there router.

It seems strange that my Laptop logged on to my mates internet right away with no set up at all.

Do i need to set up all the properties in my wireless network adapter? Like i would a lan ( ethernet card) ?

I've tried all 13 channels yesterday but with no luck at all still the same problem.


I do have a cordless phone in the room where my router is?
 
As cordless phones can interfere with wireless networks, I would try to eliminate that as a cause of the problem before fault finding any further. I am not aware whether cordless phones broadcast continually, but I would try switching the base station off for a while and see if that makes any difference to your network performance. If you can think of any other sources of interference, then try eliminating them too.

Once you've done that, I'm suggesting there may be properties of your wireless card that could be adjusted to improve the performance, but were talking trying to fault find wireless communication protocols and I don't know about specific things to try, I'm sorry I can't be more help but it's something to look at.
 
your helps been great so far and i've switched the phones off and have connected at 54/150 Mbps. So maybe that was a issue?

Some web pages are still a bit slow but i've heard thats sky's DNS.

Also switched the WII off as well. I'll leave it on downloading and surfing for abit while we eat dinner.

I can't switch off over from N card to G card settings in the driver and this has happened on all the drivers i've tried whihc seems wired.
 
I have just been at my friend's house installing the Netgear DG834G v4 on TalkTalk broadband.

My Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 can connect wirelessly under WPA2 encryption, it has an Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wireless Network Adapter.

My friend's Dell Inspiron 1720 can currently only connect via ethernet. It has a Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card provided by Broadcom.

I mention this to illustrate it is not necessarily your router that is at fault, it is just a particular router to wireless network adapter incompatibility issue that you have.

I am going to look further at what to try to get the Dell working wirelessly, I'll probably start another post. So far I've tried experimenting with changing the router to b only and g only, and switching off the encryption, but neither has worked.
 
radderfire said:
I have just been at my friend's house installing the Netgear DG834G v4 on TalkTalk broadband.

My Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 can connect wirelessly under WPA2 encryption, it has an Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wireless Network Adapter.

My friend's Dell Inspiron 1720 can currently only connect via ethernet. It has a Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card provided by Broadcom.

I mention this to illustrate it is not necessarily your router that is at fault, it is just a particular router to wireless network adapter incompatibility issue that you have.

I am going to look further at what to try to get the Dell working wirelessly, I'll probably start another post. So far I've tried experimenting with changing the router to b only and g only, and switching off the encryption, but neither has worked.
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I have mine on G only at the moment Channel 1
 
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