t43 with Intel 2915 wireless problems

[cuk]

I have T43 on test and it seems that wireless is broken, either driver, either hardware.
After <50mb of fast data transfer ( FTP from local server ) over wireless, it stop functioning. I cannot even see the access point in "wireless networks".
When I put the notebook into sleep or hibernate and try then, it works for another <50mb transfer.
I have updated the drivers from original IBM "ThinkPad software installer".

Any clue ?

[Navck]

Hey! Welcome to the club, my 2915 card is broken too!
Go into your presdesktop area and do dianostics and use interactive test... If it fails in anyway, talk to IBM...

[cuk]

Oh, and I allmost forgot... If I lock it to 802.11b, it works. Problems are with a/g ( 54mbit ).

[Navck]

Lucky, mine doesn't work either on B or G

[JHaislet]

Do your 2915 cards exhibit the same problem when downloading large files from the web via HTTP or transfering files internally via Windows File & Printer Sharing?

I just got my T43 w/2915 card yesterday and have successfully downloaded Windows XP SP2 (~230MB) from the web and also transferred probably 8-10GB of data, internally, at the same time (cd iso images), over the wireless network (g @54mbps) without any problems.

I've played around with both the latest IBM & Intel PRO/Set drivers with the same results.

However, I am NOT using IBM's access connections software; just XP's wireless configuration tool. This seems to be the only variable between our setups (sans the AP's).

Maybe ya'll also got a bad batch of cards.

[roast]

Mine is functional, and the only quirk I have with it is the fact that I can't turn its beacon on or off using FN+F5.

Another quirk is that it doesn't seem to like the DNS server that's supplied to it by the router, as I have to do a number of repairs before I can get DNS lookup back working. I've since assigned a static local DNS forwarder instead of this crappy (borrowed) AP.

I've done TONs of GBs of transfer since I received this T43p a month ago.