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    DW1520 Wireless Half-mini card Disconnects!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DanNNN, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. DanNNN

    DanNNN Notebook Guru

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    This happens all the time. I contacted Dell support and deemed to be absolutely useless. They kept telling me to re-install drivers etc (which I did), than they were trying to redirect the problem to my optimus and that I should have all Dell recommended drivers installed (OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN'T AN OPTIMUS ISSUE) So I am posting this here because I know "people" are much more knowledgeable than a "company". So pretty much the card works fine for about 30 minutes - 1 hour then it gets "Limited Access" .. I run the Windows Network Diagnosistics and it solves the problem but look at the screen shots, there was no alleged problem to begin with. I am really pissed about this because it happens every 30 mins - 1 hour and I have to run this tool everytime..

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    WAZZ UP Notebook Geek

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    Does this happen on any other machines connected via WIFI? Have you tried changing channels/bands on your router?
     
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    No this does not happen wired nor any other computers with a different WI FI card, and this happens on different modems (for example at my house, and at my school)
     
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