does wireless disconnect because of heat?

[thinkweird]

My wireless interface (shown as pci) on my T43P stays around 53 centigrade in temperature when in use.

When I use the laptop at exactly the same location, sometimes the wireless will disconnect and reconnect again.

Is it due to the overheat of wireless interface or it is just the singnal problem?

By the way, it 53 degree centigrade normal?

[wolfman]

I had a similiar problem in the summer at my home when downloading very large files (> 50 meg). Since I've gotten central air and regulate the temperature in my home I haven't seen this happen. So I believe, in my case, it was heat related. I have an older mini-pci Cisco aironet card.

Where my experience differs from yours is that once the wireless would shut off (and I could be sitting right next to the wireless base station), I had to reboot to reenable it - normal function key toggle would not turn it back on (light would go on and off, but it didn't connect). However, since the temp is more constant in the house I've not experienced this issue in over 2 years.

[Wiz]

My wireless interface (shown as pci) on my T43P stays around 53 centigrade in temperature when in use.
When I use the laptop at exactly the same location, sometimes the wireless will disconnect and reconnect again.
Is it due to the overheat of wireless interface or it is just the singnal problem?
By the way, it 53 degree centigrade normal?

I think this problem is more related to using a Intel wlan adapter. I and lot of others have disconnect problems using a Intel wlan adapter. I replaced mine with a IBM/Atheros and never had a single disconnect after that.