frequent wifi disconnections on X31..

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marcster · #1 Post by **marcster** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:48 pm

Hey everyone..

I have a Thinkpad X31 and i recently installed the 11a/b/g/ Wireless LAN Minipci Adapter, and I've noticed that i get frequent disconnections as opposed to my old DLink PCMCIA card..
I have updated the drivers..any suggestions? Thanks!

#2 Post by **gator** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:34 pm

What program are you using for wireless management? Access connections or the one that comes with Windows? AC 4.23 has been reported to have some issues ... try rolling back to 4.21 or use the windows service for a while and see if it improves things. You can also try to disable the power management as described in this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=35962

sugo · #3 Post by **sugo** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:54 pm

marcster wrote:I have a Thinkpad X31 and i recently installed the 11a/b/g/ Wireless LAN Minipci Adapter

Is it an intel or atheros card? For atheros, I have been using Atheros Client Utility to manage wireless connections in XP on my T42 with no stability issues.

As gator pointed out, if you are using AC then it's worth trying XP WZC.

marcster · #4 Post by **marcster** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:04 pm

thanks for the replies

i'm using the default windows xp wireless manager..

I have the atheros chipset.. i don't suppose you know where i could download the client utility? thanks!

sugo · #5 Post by **sugo** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:17 pm

This is a generic one. It's a stable version that I have been using for a long time.

ftp://ftp.inexq.com/Drivers/CM10_DCMA-8 ... r_WHQL.ZIP

marcster · #6 Post by **marcster** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:53 pm

thanks!

i shall give it a try right now

marcster · #7 Post by **marcster** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:12 pm

thank you, thank you, the utility worked!

wireless connection is actually stable now!

marcster · #8 Post by **marcster** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:23 pm

haha okay..i think i spoke too soon..it appears my connection does still drop :*(

ive tried installing the latest drivers from ibm this time..and with access connections v4.23 with the same problem..

do you guys think this is software related, or perhaps the antenna inside the x31 needs adjustment?

hmm..

#9 Post by **tomh009** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:25 pm

OK, a fundamental question: how many wireless networks are visible to you? Is the access point/wireless router your own, or your company's/someone else's?

marcster · #10 Post by **marcster** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:55 pm

tomh009 wrote:OK, a fundamental question: how many wireless networks are visible to you? Is the access point/wireless router your own, or your company's/someone else's?

only one, that being my own..i have a linksys WRT54G running DDWRTv2.3SP2... however, i dont think that seems to be the problem, as ive noticed my connection also drops whenever i'm on campus, or at starbucks

marcster · #11 Post by **marcster** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:16 pm

bump for help :*(

nightyyyy · #12 Post by **nightyyyy** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:06 pm

Dear marcster,

i had currently bought a X40 and had terrible disconnect issues when copying over the network, always dropped out.
This occured with my Linksys WRT54GS v1.1
I figured out how to get it stable.
I set the CTS Protection Mode to 'Enable' and Frame Burst to 'Disable'
I have never dropped since!

I hops this helps for you too!

marcster · #13 Post by **marcster** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:01 am

nightyyy,

thank you for your suggestion..i will give it a try!

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