Wifi Light

So far the bluetooth module removal has not fixed the problem. I did read on a blog somewhere that the G band of the Intel cards is unreliable. This person had better luck when using 802.11b mode so I am trying that now. I went into the adaptor settings and switched it to b as prefered. Will put the bluetooth module back in today and see if that fixes the problem.

When the wifi light went off I was still getting some network issues. Connection goes funky for a little while. Not really noticable when just surfing the web of checking email but when making a skype call of playing an online game it was an issue.

Will let you know what happens. I have used a PCMCIA card with no problems at all so I may just nix the internal card and do that again.

 

Ran accross this link.. Seems like others are having problems as well.

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/08/intel_proset_22.html

 

Also in Dell forums, one user have use a WiFi signal analysis tool when he noticed the Wifi light goes off
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo...twork&message.id=40019&query.id=690224#M40019
The user is using Inspiron 9300 with Intel Wireless card 2915 a/b/g

There are many reports in their forum about wifi light goes off by itself if the user's are only on battery.
I haven't seen mine to turn off though.

 

That is a good post.. I tested it without the bluetooth, and in B only mode and it still has problems. I am back to my PCMCIA card which works fine. May try Dell and see if I can get a non Intel module to try out.

 

Too bad that the post is a read-only which means no one can reply to say thank you to him or to give feedback/comments.
Not sure how Dell forums work on such posts (whether it remain read-only or it will be deleted later on or will be open for discussion)

Copy and Paste the post
Post title: WiFi Light going out - not a benign thing

 

LOL, that's pretty funny.

Well my light just went out, but no drop in connection. It seems like some of us have dropped connections and some of us don't, so maybe we have two separate issues going on. I really don't know what to do except use PCMCIA card or change the interal card to something else.

 

I have had many times where the light goes off and the connection seems to still be good. If you run a ping to your router many times you will see irratic times after the light goes off. This is also how I first noticed that it actually dropped the connection as I lost packets.

Surfing the web and checking email seem to be ok when the light has gone out but downloading and doing VOIP calles seem unreliable. I once again have fingers crossed that the new card will fix the issue. If not I will be on the PCMCIA card perminantly since I have no problems at all with that

 

Well got my new wireless module and so far no problems at all. Light is staying on with the bluetooth in there and no conectivity issues. I picked up a Dell 1470 dual band module and plugged in just fine.

It seems the posts I read about the Intel card having problems was exactly correct in my case. I had gone thru 3 cards all with the same problem. Looks like this did the trick for me.

 

Hey that's great to hear that fixed your problem. I just ordered an atheros AR5006 chipset based card yesterday so I'll just swap it out before I do a clean wipe.

No all I need to do is just order my machine...

 

That's great to know.
I'm using Intel 3945 a/b/g and the wifi light has not goes off (yet) but if ever it will show that glitch, I'll grab a better card.

 

Ok.. Officially since my last post I have not had the wifi light go off a single time. Everything is running smoothly. Bluetooth and wifi and happy together. I would have to say that the Intel module was the problem and if you are having this problem I would suggest trying out a non Intel module. You can find them on Ebay or even order one from Dell that does the trick.

Now my only questions is why Dell doesn't do something about this as from what I have read on the net this is not so uncommon.

 

I wonder if it is a common problem with Intel's cards, or just intel card's in a dell laptop. If it is a common problem with the card, then why hasn't intel done anything about it.

Not really sure why dell hasn't done anything unless they don't know how to fix it or obligations with intel.

 

From what I found online it is not an uncommon problem. I have seen posts from people using HP, Toshiba and IBM. It seems to be the chipset since that is the only common link.

I think the whole Centrino thing is overrated. Dell must want to keep their laptops tagged as centrino which means they need to use the chipset in order to comply.

 

I think that's exactly it. Centrino and the recognition that comes with it. Heck a lot of ppl think centrino is a processor.

Good to know your problems are solved Gshocker. For those who want to ditch their intel wifi cards, Mwave has a great deal on an atheros ar5005gs chip based card (from their site, just look up gigabyte wireless-g, it's the one rated at 108mbps for only $21.) Atheros is considered by many to be the top of the line. Runs cooler and uses less power than the Intel cards as well.

I bought an ar5006xs based one off of ebay myself for a bit more (wanted the 802.11a compatibility as well as support for 5Ghz so I could connect to pretty much anything.)

 

I just did a full reformat on my 9300 and in the process of reinstalling drivers, the latest BT drivers also did a firmware update. Since then, my wifi light has stayed on as long as my card is active.

 

My Wifi light does the same thing on my 9300

As long as it doesn't affect signal/connection, it doesn't bother me any.

Also, about the laptop doing this to conserve power, I don't think that's the case simply because my light goes off even when I'm running off of the AC. It wouldn't make much sense to conserve power when I'm plugged in

EDIT: Disregard my post, I didn't see that there were many, many pages to this thread. Seems like the issue's been covered .

 

Now that you guys keep talking about this my light has started to go off. I noticed that I can restart itby cycling the radio. Anyone notice that it goes off again after doing that?

Also light on / light off seems not to matter.

 

Yeah, mine does the same thing - comes back on by recycling the radio.

 

till you guys started talking about it I had no problems at all!!!