The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Wifi keeps getting turned off on lenovo R61

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by t0mcru1s3, Sep 25, 2009.

  1. t0mcru1s3

    t0mcru1s3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi, I have a 18 months old Lenovo Thinkpad R61 with Intel Pro/ Wireless 3945ABG network card.
    Recently I have been observing some connectivity problems with my Wifi. I turn on my computer, connect to a hot spot and do normal browsing.
    After sometime (maybe 15 min, 5 min sometimes or might be 30 min or 1 hr) the wireless adapter gets turned off( The green wifi light turns off, my network is disconnected, even the network center says its disconnected)

    Lenovo has this network tool which pops out when we press Fn+F5 key.
    It shows wifi is turned on.
    Then I click a button to turn off the wifi in that pop-up window.
    Then it shows wifi turned off. Now I press the button again to turn it back on. It doesn't turn on no matter how many times I press it.
    Next I try to turn off and on the hardware wireless switch.
    It has no effect when I turn it on.
    Now I go to Device manager and disable the network adapter, then enable it again.
    It works most of the time when I disable it and again enable it.
    But sometimes I need to restart the computer because the device manager freezes occasionally when I try to do this.
    I tried updating the drivers, but the system says I have the latest drivers, and that's true. I had this problem with vista(pre installed), on Ubuntu, and on Win 7 which I am using now.
    I thought it might be some conflict with some process, so I tried using wifi in safemode with networking, and the problem creeps up there too.
    I also checked if it was because of power savings for the adapter, but it's not.
    Any suggestions. Enabling and disabling it every 10-20 min is really a pain.
    Please help me resolve this
     
    t0mcru1s3, Sep 25, 2009
    #1
  2. t0mcru1s3

    t0mcru1s3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I dont know if I can do this, but I am bouncing this thread, so that someone who knows somethng bout this can reply
     
    t0mcru1s3, Sep 27, 2009
    #2
  3. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

    Reputations:
    1,235
    Messages:
    2,108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You've got warranty? It seems like you've tried all the steps neccessary to solve the issue and as I read your post it sounds like a defective Wi-Fi card to me; may be a MoBo issue, idk but I would give Lenovo a call.
     
    makaveli72, Sep 27, 2009
    #3
  4. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    706
    Messages:
    4,653
    Likes Received:
    108
    Trophy Points:
    131
    I know what you mean, the HDX also has a tendency to do that also. In fact, sometimes the volume controls go haywire turning on and off all by themselves. Sometimes I get the feeling there are cornish pixies in the machines.
     
    Krane, Sep 27, 2009
    #4
  5. t0mcru1s3

    t0mcru1s3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Oh, okay.. I am out of warranty now. But I'll try to call them anyway. Thanks
     
    t0mcru1s3, Sep 28, 2009
    #5