Internet Cuts Out when Unplugged

I normally stay plugged in with my notebook, but I move around the house a lot. Obviously, I have to take the AC adapter out of my notebook to do this. The problem is that I lose my internet connection whenever I take out the adapter. And I can't get it back when I plug in again. The entire "Network Connections" seems to be frozen. I'm wondering if this is something to do with Santa Rosa's power management options? Either way, it's really bothersome because I can't move from my room to the downstairs living room without losing my connection.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Romanian

 

Perhaps in your power settings, you made it turn off your Wifi.

 

Well, if it was just that, then I would be able to turn it back on. As I said, my network connections freeze. There's no turning it back on. There's no checking whether I'm in the area of wireless or not. No repairing, etc. I have to restart the computer.

 

Try updating your drivers for both the router and wireless card, also if possible flash your bios.

 

erm..if your laptop contains an intel wireless card, you May want to download the wireless card utility & driver from their website www.intel.com - it's called the Intel Proset Wireless.. - overall it gives you better mangeability over your wireless intel device than microsoft's built in wireless utility.

But in regards to your problem - it's most likely that when you disconnect from the AC source - the wireless card *itself* drops to low power mode; this can easily be rectified by going into Device Manager (assuming you're using Windows 2000/XP), selecting your wireless card, and going through the options to manually tell it not to drop to low power mode regardless of the battery condition (i.e. being on battery or on AC power).

- Jordan

P.S. You'll have to know which model wireless card before you can pick the appropriate Proset Wireless program & driver btw.