Acer wireless and USB wireless problems.... STILL!

Hi guys, always had on going problems with my Acer wireless and thought it's about time to fix it or look into getting a new lappy.... which I REALLY dont want to/can't afford to do!

This is how it started.... When I first got the laptop (Acer TravelMate 2300) the built in wireless was fine for the first year or so then it stopped working so I started using a D-link USB wireless dongle. That was also fine for another year or so until that recently started becoming intermittent and then stopped working on me.

Assuming this was a fault with the d-link USB dongle I've just purchased a TRENDnet TEW-649UB. I followed the instructions and installed it and now this doesn't appear to be working properly for me! It finds the network fine and say it's connected but only for a few seconds and then says disconnected, connected, disconnected, connected, disconnected. . . . and will continue doing this until I get angry from watching that on my screen and unplug it.

Anyone got any ideas whats up this this? Or am I just wirelessly jinxed and destined to never have a reliable wireless connection!?

Many thanks

P.S. . . before you ask, i'm doing this from my Vodaphone HSDPA module. Which does work :-D but costs me more :-(

 

Hi,

have you ever considered your WLAN router or access point could be faulty?

Michael

 

You may try the following solutions:

-update drivers for the USB-thingy.
-disable power management for USB
-change your wireless channel (use inSSIDer to find one that's not occupied)
-make sure disconnects are not caused by other 2.4GHz non-Wi-Fi hardware (Bluetooth, child monitors, cordless phones or any proprietary wireless technology)

BTW the best solution was to replace the internal Wi-Fi card (be it mini-PCI or mini-PCI-ex). It gives you better signal quality and it's not based on USB which is not an interface meant for networking which clearly shows.

 

The OP could also try disabling the USB and wireless drivers under hardware manager..then do a restart. Windows should re-install and refresh your drivers. Unplug all your USB accessories before doing this.

Sounds like your OS, Vista?, is falling apart around you.

 

Downloads; Can you explain how the 2.4ghz phones affect the wifi? Is there something to watch for, or a fix?

 

There could be some sort of electronic wave interference since all device use same frequency which is 2.4 GHz...

 

{Nitpicking on}
If you disable a device in device manager, Windows won't do anything after a reboot - the device remains disabled.
But if you uninstall these devices, then indeed will Windows redetect and attempt to install them. It is a good idea to have the drivers for the devices in questions available (preferred: a drivers folder on the HDD).
{Nitpicking off}

Michael