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    wireless slow/not working when on battery

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by frny, Apr 2, 2005.

  1. frny

    frny Newbie

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    I just got my new DELL d610 yesterday and am having a weird issue. I have the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 which is working flawlessly when I am plugged in. However when on battery I am having the following issues:the web pages load extremely slowly or timeout and I only receive 10% of the messages sent to me on yahoo messenger. XP does not see any issue (I still get an excellent connection on the wifi tool). As soon as I plug back the power cord the problem disappears.

    any idea of what the problem might be?

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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    you need to go into the setting of your wireless card. you should find a setting that has to do with transmission power. I am guessing your drivers just tune this setting down to preserve power, so just crank it back up! if you're usining 802.11b/g the max will be 100W. (if memory serves)

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