Another Noobie Question

[Litza]

I bought a T42 2373 about 6 months ago on E-Bay, I'll chalk it up as a learning experience. It arrived with no serial number sticker, but seems to be working alright. I restarted the computer with Disks supplied by IBM, and am happy enough with the deal, though I know if I have further problems IBM will not work on my laptop with the sticker missing...

Problem is, I still use dial up (a problem itself ) and when I am using the computer at the blazing connection speed of 31k it drops the connection, and tries to redial! A real pain when I am trying to download something! I think it has something to do with a hierarchy of possible connections, it always finds a secure wireless network in my 'hood before I dial in.

Anybody think that disabling this searching for a wireless network may be what is causing my disconnections? The regular home PC has no such problem. Any help would be appreciated.
Lisa

[agarza]

Have you tried disabling the wireless card before dialing in?

[PatrickE]

Its not difficult to disable the wireless radio (antenna). Just push Fn+F5 and select Radio off and see if that stops the connections from dropping.

If you get an error message about needing to update your drivers when Fn+F5 is pushed, go through Access IBM and update all relevant drivers for your wireless card.

Good luck.

[Litza]

Fn+F5 did the trick! I've been online for over an hour now with no disconnects. Thanks folks. Hopefully I will remember to turn the radio on before I start scratching my head while attempting to use the awesome wireless at my local library!