2915 Wireless Card

I looked at it and it came with the blue tooth so I got it, are there any noticable differences in between that and the 2200 (i.e. Range) I was just wondering, might as well get all prepared for my i9300 while I salivate at the order status each day.

Thanks

Jrunk

 

The only real difference between them is that the 2915 supports a/b/g networks, where as 2200 only supports b/g.

The 2200 does get more complaints like with drop connection issues, but I'm not sure if the 2915 has the same problems.

SG

 

I have an ACER Travel Mate 8104 with 2915abg card. I get intermittent drops - sometimes daily - sometimes it will go a few days with a solid connection. The drops can occur when my Laptop is 2 feet from the router and sometimes from 30 feet away. I have the latest drivers for everything and have tweaked all I am going to tweak - now is it time for hardware replacement. It was anoying enough for me to replace the internal Intel 2915abg card (awaiting delivery on the AR5006XS based WiFi card ).

It may also be my router (WRT54GS Ver 1) time will tell once I install the AR5006XS based WiFi card ) - willing to replace all components to get stability just start with the least expensive and go from there ...

Others have fewer issues or none - so my advice is give it try - may work great for you. Good Luck.

 

Yea, I hope mines comes soon, the 1915 is dropping really consistantly, I can barely do any work!

WHen I had my old card, AR5005, it was alot more stable. I never experienced unstability of disconnections, besides the router itself!

 

I haven't had a single issue with my Intel PRO 2915A/B/G. No dropped connections, speed loss, etc. BTW, I am using the built-in Windows wireless software, that works well. The Intel stuff isn't so great.

If you guys are having problems - have you updated to the latest drivers from Intel? That really helps.

As for the 2200 vs 2915 - get the 2915. Much less problems from what I'm hearing.

 

Yeap, i've updated everything.

It always goes from 'connected' to ''authorizing'' every 20~ mins....

Pretty erradict behavior...

 

Me too - updated to death - various methods - as I say it may be my router. I also use WZC

In my little corner of the world I have seen as many as 7 SSID's floating around. Disconnects seem to happen more oftern than not then (and as mentioned have tried various degree's of Roaming aggressiveness)

Likley related to WPA as my router "kinda" supports it through third party firmware.

So the new card may be just step one - wish the MIMO specificications would solidify ........

 

Also, on my old card, I usually see 6-7 SSID's, now I only see 3-4. Not like it makes any sense, since they are all secured, but just an example.

 

I got the 2915 as well and it is pretty sporadic. Sometimes, I'm right next to the router and I'm getting a "good" signal, and on other occasions, I'd be in another room where the wireless signals has to travel through a wall and I'm getting an "excellent." Really weird.

Hmm, I think I"ll try that out. Maybe it'll be better for me

 

I too have the 2915 in my notebook. I do also get intermittent connection drops, but it's usually pretty rarely anyway. Also, I think most of that is due to the fact that my laptop was not made to have an internal wireless card. It came w/ no antenna, so I had to have a friend at a PC repair shop send me an antenna, and I didn't feel like dismanteling my LCD to put it where it should go, so I just snaked it through to where the floppy drive would go if I had one. I also don't pick-up many signals with it, but I'm sure if I were to put the card in my toshiba notebook that has an Atheros card, it would be perfectly fine.
Also, I got the connection drops A LOT more frequently before I installed the newest drivers. Now it happens maybe once a day.

 

For us, at least, the connection drops with the 2915 card seemed to be directly related to other wireless interference and signal strength of the wireless network. In her school environment, with presumedly a strong commercial network set-up and strong wireless signal, her connection was great. In her apartment (in a large, city apt. building, with lots of other wireless signals) she was constantly disconnected. When visiting home (a single house with some neighbor's signals being picked up) she suffered frequent disconnects, but not nearly as bad as in her apt.. At the time, we both had D-link DI-624 routers.

I switched routers to the Netgear Rangemax- first the WPT824- and noted a solid connection. Swapped it for the newest Rangemax 240 (the WPNT834) and the signal strength was stronger and the connection flawless. We've had it now for over 3 months and other than having to restart the modem/router (by unplugging/plugging) a couple of times, characteristic of any of these set-ups, the connection is flawless. Even though the 2915 card doesn't give the faster speeds of these routers, the router's stronger signal strength makes a huge difference. So, if you want to stop tearing your hair out trying to troubleshoot these wireless cards, consider changing your router.

 

I have tried 2915 in Toshiba M40 and it's as same as 2200BG in my Inspiron 6000. IMO, 2915 has same performance with 2200 only it supports 802.11a