I just got a wireless PCI card b/c my apartment just got wireless internet setup.

I'm one of about 2 people on it right now - its in a testing phase and I'm cool enough that I talked to the maintanance guy and got the passcode to access the network.


I'll be on it for a minute or 5, then all the sudden i'll lose all availability of the wireless network. It just disapears and I can't find it. When I do have it, its fast, and I have good signal. When I don't have it... its gone, dead, no where to be found - nothing brings it back, its random.

All the newest drivers and software, etc. I've rebooted, reseated, everything I know how to do.

What can I do to geta stable connection?

D-Link Air Plus 802.11G with speed burst thingy that allows 108 mb/s connections with Dlinks router.


My roomates IBM laptop's built in 802.11b card picks up the availability of the network by the way.

 

so you lose connection randomly but your roommate's comp stays on?

 

yea, my roomates computer finds the network and stays w/o a problem

mine can't even find the connection and when it does it'll disconnect after a short time and can't find the connection again.

 

It just found teh network again and connected, and now I disabled my hardline connection and am posting from the wireless...

see it comes and goes.

I have good/excellent signal stregth most of the time too.

I dunno what the problem is.

 

ask joeycaca...he does networking stuff... reeck also too

 

What kind of wireless adapter are you using? is it a built in or did you buy it?
What application? windows xp wireless utility or another?
Are you picking up a dynamic IP address or are you static?

 

Go to d-link's website and find the newest firmware update for your card and try that first. I have that fix a lot of problems.

Bah, sorry, that's for the router. You've got the newest driveres from the website?

 

ooops, kinda overlooked that part h:

But what brand is it? D-Link? what model card? also what kind of wireless network?

 

D-Link DWL-G520 is the card

I've got all the newest firmware and drivers.

As far as what kind of wireless network? Its just a DSL business line with a amp'd wireless router provided by the apartment complex - not sure of any hardware specifics

 

first i'd call up d-link to see what they say. if you really want a pci adapter, buy another one to see if it's a hardware issue. if you still have the same problem after that, i'd buy a usb wireless adapter instead. from what i've seen, they're more reliable then the pci adapters, and they usually get better signal too