I have two Dell laptops, a Latitude D600 and an Inspiration 6400.
I use them both within 10' of my wireless router (DI-524 D-Link).
The D600 has excellent signal strength with a Dell Wireless 1350 mini-pci card.
The 6400 only gets two or three bars at the most with a INTEL PRO/WIRELESS 3945.
I have changed the channel on the router to 1 from 6. I have updated the drivers in the INTEL PRO/WIRELESS 3945 and as an FYI I am running Vista Business on the 6400...
Any ideas on other causes/solutions?
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The Dell Wireless 1350, on a quick search from Google, uses a Broadcom chipset. In comparison, I believe the order is Atheros > Broadcom > Intel, although I am not sure. It is primarily speed/range that all three of these major companies strive for. However, Atheros comes out in the top, I think.
Have you made sure that your power savings mode is off on both laptops and that your transmit/receive power is @ 100% ? Those are the only 'free' methods I can think of to fix them. You could get another Dell 1350 for your new 6400...
I remember about a month back when the 6400 series was launched... I could've gotten a fully loaded one for nearly $1400 with taxes, but I jumped the gun and got the T60 WS instead (and paid an arm, a leg, and 1/2 my soul with it). -
Any idea where these settings are in Vista?
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Unfortunately I dont. I dont use Vista, but it should be in the Device Settings....
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I noticed the same difference between my 1705 and 1505. The 1705 has the Dell card and gets the full 5 bars. The 1505 with intel got only three bars. I updated the firmware for my Linksys router and now the 1505 gets four bars. Try updating your router's firmware, maybe that will help......
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The wireless antenna that is included in each laptop is different. That could also contribute to your signal disparity.
2 Laptops/Different Signal Strength....
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by denmark116, Mar 6, 2007.