Installing new driver for Intel® WiFi Link 1000 BGN

I am losing my internet connection every three days so I want to uninstall my adapter and update the driver to find out if that corrects the problem. I have two issues.

Issue #1

Do I uninstall the adapter by clicking the "Uninstall" button on the hardware properties?

Do I reiinstall it by running the driver software.

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Issue #2

When I go into the properties for the adapter it says the driver version I have is 13.2.0.30 dated 03.18.10.

On Lenovo support website for the drivers for my system, the latest driver is.


Intel WiFi Driver
( Windows 7 ) 303.81 GB Normal 13.1.1.1 28 May 2010 > Add to your Download List

How can the latest driver on the Lenovo support page have a lower version # currently on my system, but a later date?

I don't see either driver on the Intel website. Are they some type of Lenovo drivers?

I thought I read somewhere that some adapters have customizations that would cause the standard drivers to not work.



I did a google search for this version and something from this site came up. Some called it a "Station Driver". What is that?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/482514-new-intel-wifi-13-2-0-30-driver.html



The Intel website has driver version 14.2.1.10 dated 09.01.11

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...nldID=20433&keyword="WiFi+Link+1000"&lang=eng

Lets assume that uninstalling the driver fixes my disconnection problem.

Would installing the much later driver from the Intel website also possibly improve my connection speed? If there is no chance of this, I won't even bother with the driver from the Intel website. I am happy with my current speed. I would just download the driver from the Lenovo support page.

 

Intel's generic drivers tend to be much newer than the Lenovo drivers and they're different from each other as Lenovo implemented some changes on the generic driver to adapt some settings specifically for the ThinkPad such as power management for instance.

That said, there's nothing wrong using the generic drivers on the ThinkPad. I'm using the generic drivers on my T420 as I had some slow lock on issues with the Lenovo drivers and it seems work better now than before.

The way I did it is going to the Device Manager, open the Wireless adaptor properties and choose to Update the Driver. From there on I just directed it to the folder containing the newer wireless drivers and it does the rest, no need to use the Intel installer. Also if it turns out to be a bad move you can always perform a rollback to the previous driver should you need it.