Intel Wifi 5100 - constantly dropping internet connection

Hi,

i'm having trouble with staying connected to the internet and really can't pinpoint the problem. Basically after about 10-15 minutes of browsing normally, the connection just drops for no apparent reason, and i have to disconnect and reconnect to the wifi network.

currently the hardware is Intel WiFi 5100 with latest drivers from the intel website running on an Acer 5930G laptop. The OS i am having this trouble is WinXP SP3 (Windows Vista dual-booted on the other partition has no connection problems strangely enough).

I have tried: updating to the latest drivers for the chipset and wifi card, using older drivers for the wifi card, disabling uPNP on the wifi router (a thompson TG585v7), disabling 802.11n on the Wifi driver page, turned off the firewall, disabling power-saving modes on the wifi card, assigning a static IP address. However none of these seem to solve the problem.

Any ideas?

 

Hi.

Are you using any special wireless management program or just Vista`s own built in version, as i have found that they can fight.

I only use Vista`s own with my 5100 and i don't have any problems.

regards

John.

 

vista has no problems maintaining a connection.

it's XP with the problems and i dont use any special management programs with that, just the stuff that comes with XP

 

Keep the latest drivers.

How much bars are you getting on the signal while conected?

Go to Control Panel--> System--> Hardware--> Device Manager; look under the Network Adapters, right click the Wireless Adapter and select Properties; then browse through the Advanced tab and look for a setting that speaks abut the Wireless Channel number. You'll want to set that to the same number as the Router's Channel number. Most likely it should be 11;

So you'll have to log into the Router by entering it's IP Address in your Web Browser. To find the Router's IP; while connected to it go to Start--> Run and type cmd and hit enter. Then type ipconfig and hit enter. The Default Gateway is the Router's IP Address...enter that IP in you Web Browser; log into the Router (might be admin for username and a blank password) and look for anything that mentions Channel # under the Wireless section of the Router's config. pages. As I said before this should be the same as the computer's. If it is the same try a different channel #.

 

Assuming you're using one of the encrypted Security Protocols, try turning it off and using no security at all and see if you have any problems repeat. If it doesn't, use MAC filtering instead of one of the encrypted security setups if you really need some type of security. Most people enable it when really the only security threat is their neighbor's kid hijacking your signal to get around his parents' kiddie lockouts. However, if you really need it, MAC filtering works just as well.

Encrypted security setups have been noted for some time now as being responsible for causing server connection drops and 'net service interruptions on N standard network devices. I've personally been affected by it on both my single and my dual-band N Linksys routers. Since finding out from other sources about the problem and how to get around it, I've had no problems since.