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    2096 wireless trouble

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by crashaxe, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. crashaxe

    crashaxe Newbie

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    I have the Sager listed below and am having trouble with the wireless, it will connect and after a shot while loose the connection, however when I look at the wireless network connection it shows that it's connected.
    I have a Netgear MR814 router that sees the laptop and have set the router or my network as the default. there are three others two of which are secured and I can use the other one that's unsecured. It will also lose this one after a shot time.
    I also noticed that when I connect the signal strength goes down from five bars to two, no matter which network I use, Is this normal?
    I know computers somewhat however I'm new to this wireless tech. Where do I set the SSID on the laptop...

    Thanx Crashaxe




    2096 1 Sager NP2096 - $1,677.00
    15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) Glossy LCD w/nVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT w/512MB
    Intel® CoreT2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz Processor w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB
    Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
    4GB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (64bit Vista Required)
    2GB Intel® Turbo Memory 2.0 - (Vista Only)
    200GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive (16MB Cache Buffer)
    Combo Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
    4-in-1 Memory Card Reader (MS/MS PRO/SD/MMC)
    Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5300 802.11a/g/n
    Built-in Bluetooth Wireless
    9-cell Smart Li-ion Battery
     
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  2. JoeNewberry

    JoeNewberry Notebook Evangelist

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    The SSID is the name of the router, so it needs to be set on the router itself.

    Have you tried removing and reinstalling the wireless driver? Is Windows or the Intel Proset Wireless software managing the connection? Try switching between them and see if makes any difference. If you always get poor signal strength no matter how close you are it could be a power management setting. Try running on AC power with high performance settings to see if that effects the signal bars. Because it isn't normal for you got get excellent connection and then have it immediately fall to two bars no matter how close you are.
     
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  3. crashaxe

    crashaxe Newbie

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    Thanx for your input
    I think I figured it out, I have xp pro installed and needed to install service pack 3. that seems to have cured the problem as I have been logged on for a few hours now and no problems with excellent signal strength.

    thanx again
    Crashaxe
     
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  4. JoeNewberry

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    Excellent, glad to hear you got it working.
     
    JoeNewberry, Sep 11, 2008
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