Acer 8204 - **Wireless Problem!!**

Hello, I am currently using the Acer 8204 laptop and am having troubles with the wireless.
My connection keeps going off after a few hours of use. I have tested to see whether it was the network I was on and did so by trying to keep my connection live on another wireless network, evenmore so; I have tried keeping two different laptops connected to the same network I was on and the other two laptop did not lose connection however my 8204 did. I have just clean installed WinXP Pro and installed the driver's which I got from the Europe Acer Support site and I am still experiencing the same problem.

After a few hours of use, my wireless just stops working. The wireless icon on the systemstray dissapears; when I go to network connections and take a look at my wireless card properties it says it has been disabled however in attempt to enable it I get a message saying failed to enable. The ONLY way I have been able to get back up and going is to restart the computer and then reconnect to the wireless network.

Does anyone know why this happens and how I can resolve the issue? I have never experienced such a problem before on any laptop or wireless card I have used.

In addition to installing the wireless drivers I got from the Europe Acer Support website, I have also tried the ones from Intel's website and I still undergo the same issue.


Any help is greatly appreciated. This is really a problem for me as I use my laptop constantly at university and having to restart the laptop while attending a lecture is a pain and a total interruption.

Thanks in advance;
-Kobhi N.

 

are you useing intel wireless card??

are you useing the acer enet util? or windows wireless config to mange you network

upgrade firmware on you router ?


is the other laptop useing diffent brand of card? or same

 

Yes I am using an intel wireless card. I have tried it both with the acer enet program, intel proset or w/e its called and also windows' default wireless manager.

This is not a router problem because this issue arises on any network I connect to.

 

Turn off / uninstall Acer eManagement - the thing where you can set your power settings in Acer. I uninstalled that so long ago I don't remember the details.

Then upgrade to the latest Intel Pro/Wireless drivers from the Intel website, they have a tool that tells you which ones you need.

You can use the Windows tool to connect to WiFi - it's the best of the bunch anyway - even with the new intel drivers. Make sure to turn off any power saving feature of the wireless card.

If it then still loses connections it must be a hardware problem, maybe a loose antenna connection or something like that. I have my 8204 connected to Wireless for days at a time with no disconnects.