Anyone having serious wireless connection issues with Intel 4965AGN? (XPS M1530)

Just trying to gather some information on this Intel wireless card. Most of the time I can connect to my local access points around my college, but I can only get local connectivity. Rarely will it actually reach out to the internet, and even if it does, the signal strength is complete crap. I have no problems connecting to my home wireless network however. I've disabled N functionality, and upgraded to the latest drivers from Intel's site and still have had no luck. Anyone experienced the same problem?

 

I won't be much help with connectivity issues. I have the same card with my 1530 but I only connect to my apartment router, which works well.

Question, how do you disable the N functionality? What does disabling the functionality do? Do you need to do this if you're connecting to a G router? I'm using the system as is and seem to have no problem connecting to my G router.

 

No problems at all. in fact I have experienced better performance at work, on campus (university) and at home. Upgraded from 1395 dell card. It even fixed teh stupid wifi catcher so it works when off now!

 

Go to your device manager and find your network card, go to the advanced tab, and disable 802.11n Mode.

I have been told, although I can not confirm, that this helps if you are having trouble connecting to B/G routers when you have no need for N connectivity. If you aren't having problems, don't worry about it.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll keep this in mind.

 

I have the same wireless card on my laptop (M1530) and it works fine with my home wireless system along with the wireless network at my work.

Strange you would experience that though,

 

I honestly think it has more to do with Vista than the actual card...

On my old Acer Ferrari laptop, I would always have the same problem, although I'm not sure that it was the same wireless card. I had both an XP and Vista partition on that machine, and XP never gave me the problems that Vista did.

 

Went looking for a solution to what sounds like the same problem I had. A guy sitting next to me at work was able to connect to a number of unsecured routers in our area, while I was having no success with my new M1530 with the 4965AGN card.

When I ran the Intel diagnosis, it said the card wasn't recognized and gave me an error in the diagnostic tool. When going through Dell's website, the only drivers listed were what I'd already had installed on my system...I believe that was 11.1.1.3? 11.1.1.22? Something like that.

I came across the M1330's 4965AGN drivers, located here - they had a newer release date, and a newer version number. I uninstalled the driver preinstalled in my system, and loaded up the M1330 drivers. Rebooted, and was able to connect...also noticed an increase in functionality with saving hidden networks to my network connections list...basically, I don't know exactly what was malfunctioning with the pre-loaded drivers, but the M1330 drivers seem to have fixed the issue.

I should also note that, while I think the issue was fixed with the drivers, I also did the things noted in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article prior to the driver update/backdate/whatever you want to call it.

Good luck!

 

No problems for me, either! I connect to a wireless router at home, and if I am out-and-about...I don't have a problem, either

Sorry your having these strange problems

 

Nope, no problem with connectivity for me either, but does anyone's wifi card get REALLY hot? Mine gets so hot that the compartment door is uncomfortable to touch.

 

No, sorry mine does not do that at all!!!

 

Mine gets pretty hot after I use it for awhile.. but it doesn't bother me.

I'm glad that this was bumped as I think I found a solution. I disabled IPv6 in the wireless adapter properties, and I can connect immediately with no problems now.

 

I'm glad you found a solution

Hoping it works for you ;

 

Alright, well then I'll be calling dell this afternoon then, lol. At first I thought it was the hard drive but as I felt towards where the hdd was, it got cooler, so then I opened the cover up, touched the wifi card (not expecting anything) and got this nice little blister .

 

I have a connectivity problem if I use the on board bluetooth, but not the dongle. Simultaneous use causes my internet go VERY VERY slow, not connect, drop in and out. No problem whatsoever if I dont use the bluetooth.

I have found no fix.

I hope this helps.