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wireless probs with 9300/prowireless 2200

Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jhwyung, Jan 23, 2006.

jhwyung Notebook Consultant

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Hey all
seems like my 9300 has a lot of quirky little problems, annoying as hell. the worst is my wireless card. I know that the 2200 series has a lot of probs to it and i'm just wondering what fellow dell 9300 owners with the 2200 card are doing to deal with them.
My problem is that I'll get connection drops even though i'm only a couple of feet away from router itself. Is there anything you guys did in particular to improve the performance?
I have a d-link di-524+ router, the problems on seemed to start a couple of days ago, which is weird.
thanks all!

jhwyung, Jan 23, 2006

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USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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You have to update the drivers for the Wireless card, don't use the ones off Dell's site, google it and use one of them (Intel site I think is what I used). Use the Inter Pro Wireless Manager to manage the connection, I only got drops when Windows was managing my connection.

Hope this helps.

USAFdude02, Jan 23, 2006

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I don't have any problems with my connection. I use latest drivers at Dell's website and no problem at all. However, I let IntelPro manage my connection instead of Windows.

zicky, Jan 24, 2006

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