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    Wifi dropping

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by bloosh, Aug 28, 2011.

  1. bloosh

    bloosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello. I was wondering anyone has this problem or knows how to fix it.

    For quite a while now my wifi connection has been dropping Sometimes it just works fine. I will be playing games or doing other stuff and it just randomly drops. It can happen anywhere from every 30 minutes to over and hour. If I alt tab theres a yellow triangle on the wifi icon, and if I right click on it and troubleshoot it it fixes it. It says it restarted it and the default gateway wasn't available. Also once this starts my latency sometimes starts going up and down really high constantly.

    I've googled the problem and tried everything suggested to fix it, and nothing has worked. Here's what I've tried.
    -turned off "allow the computer to turn this device off to save power"
    -set "minimum power usage" to disabled
    -set a static ip
    -uninstalled the wireless device and let windows reinstall the driver
    -disabled ipv6

    I don't think its the router or modem. My ipod continues to work when it happens. This never happens when I do stuff on my desktop (which is a wired connection). I'm wondering if maybe the wireless card is bad? What do you guys think?

    Alienware m11x R2 - Intel i3 u330
    DW1520 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card
     
    bloosh, Aug 28, 2011
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  2. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    change anything recently? replace any parts?
     
    ejohnson, Aug 28, 2011
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  3. bloosh

    bloosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, I haven't changed anything. I've only had it for just over a month, so the drivers and stuff are all unchanged too.

    I'm thinking about looking into upgrading the wireless card if I can't fix this. Anybody have any recommendations?
     
    bloosh, Aug 29, 2011
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  4. GNandGS

    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    If only a month chase warranty repair, if no warranty just replace it. There are options others seem to like better than the stock card.
     
    GNandGS, Aug 29, 2011
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