[SennFan]

I've been having issues with my new laptop losing its wireless connection.

For example, I will turn my computer on and the wireless internet connection strength is 'excellent' and everything is working fine. However, if I leave for about 1/5-2 hours or so and come back the wireless connection is completely gone and I have to restart the machine in order to get it back.

I have tried <wireless icon/right click/repair> in the taskbar, but this doesn't work. I have also tried disabling/enabling the connection (essentially the same thing) with absolutely no luck. Restarting seems to be the only thing that resolves this issue...

Note: I have two computer hooked up through a netgear router. My laptop which this thread is about and a dell desktop connected via ethernet cable that has no problems whatsoever with internet connections.


Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and what I can do to prevent it? Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!

 

[The Monkey]

Before doing anything else, have you tried rebooting the netgear router?

 

[SennFan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Monkey Before doing anything else, have you tried rebooting the netgear router?

Yes, forgot to mention that I did

 

[The Monkey]

Ok, some suggestions/thoughts:

- Is it possible you are hopping onto someone else's wireless by accident and getting kicked off intermittently?

- Check out the helpful forums at dslreports.com for possible issues specific to your router.

- Flash the firmware of the router and/or wireless card. I recommend doing this only if you don't mind troubleshooting if the new firmware is bad.

- Check out your power profiles. I wonder if your laptop is powering down the wireless card when it's left untouched for a while. In fact, check this first.

 

[SennFan]

How do I go about checking/editing the power issues for the wireless card? Thx

In the mean time, I'll try and figure it out...

 

[The Monkey]

What brand is the computer with the issue?

 

[SennFan]

It's a new Gateway Notebook running XP.