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    T500 wireless connection dropping

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sunshinecat, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. sunshinecat

    sunshinecat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have had my T500 for 2 weeks and over the last few days it has started dropping the connection every few seconds and then reconnecting seconds later. I have no problems like this on my T41 running on the same wireless router. I have tried several of the suggested solutions on this forum including changing the power management settings on the battery icon to "Maximum performance", changing the roaming settings to low, changing the channel on my wireless router, installing the most updated power management driver, upgrading access connections, and my system was already shipped with the latest wireless driver. I have the Intel 5100 running on Windows 7 with a NetGear WPN 824 router. Is there anything else I can try?
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You might want disable Access Connections to see if that helps.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 18, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    have you changed to the power output on the wireless card to maximum? also how far away are you from the wireless router?
     
    lead_org, Jan 18, 2010
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    sunshinecat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried that and haven't had a problem in the last 24 hours. Hopefully that was it. :rolleyes:
     
    sunshinecat, Jan 19, 2010
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    sunshinecat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are you talking about the "Transmit power" option listed under the Advanced tab when you open the network adapter in Device Manager?

    I'm about 8 feet away from the router.
     
    sunshinecat, Jan 19, 2010
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    Upgrade firmware router. Update wifi drivers...

    Stop using Access Connections

    Turn off Afterburner/Speedbost in your router if it's there. Might fix stuff. Try also turning off frame burst.

    If you get 5 bars detected it doesn't have anything to do with transmit power. Rather it's the way your router communicates to your wireless card in your laptop.

    Also try changing wireless security. Does it happen in OPEN mode? WEP? WPA? WPA2?
     
    xaueious, Jan 19, 2010
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