Wireless Woes

[DiscoDave]

Hi there everyone

I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop with some very annoying wireless problems...

For example I have tried with two networks - One at my flat and one back home, both showing similar problems so i've identified its not a problem relating to network/router configuration.

With both of these networks i can connect to them and receive an IP no problem. but my internet browsing and msn will behave irraticly ie pages sometimes wont load, i sometimes wont receive messages, i can only sometimes connect to my VPN client etc.

If i try and ping my gateway ie router I notice I will receive packet loss. If i use my wired adaptor then its fine.

Pinging my router for example will sometimes result in times of 3ms-700ms with packet loss in the reigon of 15%-70%

I've gone through the usual routine of updating drivers and re-installing the card but with no luck. My wireless network card is a Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.

If anyone has any ideas i would appreciate it

Thanks

David

 

[DiscoDave]

any ideas anyone?

 

[tolien]

What's the signal strength like? How far away is the machine from whatever wireless device you're using? Is it the same for a different wireless adapter (on a different machine)?

The two problems are related, i.e. fix the packet loss and the browsing and MSN will almost certainly improve.

 

[DiscoDave]

Signal strength is usually very good, I can either be in the same room as the wireless router or downstairs and the same problem will persist.

We have another laptop at home which has no problems at all with the network