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    troubleshoot wireless disconnecting

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Sir Punk, Feb 13, 2014.

  1. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    I am getting a very strange behavior from my Win 7 laptop with intel centrino n-130. It seems to stay connected to the wireless but then randomly disconnected and tries to reconnect multiple times and doesn't work for minutes to hours. Then randomly connects again. I have updated the driver and played around with the wireless card settings but I am not getting any luck.

    The other laptops in the house have no issues connecting to the wifi, I am thinking this is my laptop problem. Is there any way to know if it's the card or something software?

    I know these things are a pain to troubleshoot, so maybe someone has a clever idea. I always left the transmit power of my card to HIGH, can this potentially wear out the card? The card is about 2 years old.
     
    Sir Punk, Feb 13, 2014
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  2. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    Can you borrow a wireless card from one of the notebooks that you say are working well and try it in your notebook?

    If you can borrow an Intel it would be even better since you won't need to change the driver.

    My MSI notebook came with an N-130 wireless card as the stock card 2+ years ago.

    It had disconnect issues from the start so I quickly replaced the card with a Killer 1102 and then an 1103.All the issues were gone using those Killer cards.

    I have an Intel AC-7260 now paired with an AC router that has minor driver related issues.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Feb 13, 2014
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  3. ConradGoodman

    ConradGoodman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Get a USB wireless dongle, they are fairly inexpensive and are useful to have.

    Definitely sounds like your issue is with your laptop as you say, with all the other devices working just fine.

    I'm assuming you've tried playing around with the wireless channels on your router etc?

    Is the behavior the same for this laptop wherever you use it in the house? Or is it worse in a certain area? If the answer to this is it's the same everywhere then I'd be buying a USB wifi dongle first.
     
    ConradGoodman, Feb 14, 2014
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