Problem remaining connected?

I recently purchased a D630 and have been having some trouble staying connected via Wifi. I have a wireless router in my house and my brother's laptop has no difficulty remaining connected but my laptop constantly is unable to find the network. Once I restart it is able to find it again.

I have a Broadcom 802.11g built-in Network Adapter.

Thanks

 

make sure you have the latest drivers. for starters.

 

I'm dumb but not that dumb lol. I already checked that.. but I'm fine..any other suggestions?

 

Try to change the channel, some have solved their problem like that.

And I thought there is just one level of dumbness

 

So I have tried changing channels and have updated all drivers but I am still having the same problem. Any help?

I have a Broadcom NetXTreme 57xx Gigabit Controller. I'm running Vista 32 bit. I'm pretty sure its not a router problem since the 2 other laptops in my house have had no difficulty or problems staying connected.

 

anything unusual in the properties of you wireless NIC...

 

It would help if you can do an ipconfig/all and post it.

 

Nevermind see post below

 

Heres my ipconfig

 

Everything seems normal, I'm starting to wonder if your wireless adapter is defected.

 

Try a different WIFI hotspot to see if it also drops out on other routers.

 

I think he tried that already.

 

I see,

Change the security mode back to WEP. (not permanently just diagnostics)

See if it still drops out...

 

Open "networking" > manage wirless networks > right click the corresponding network > properties > uncheck "connect to a more preferred network if available". This workaround solved the problem of losing internet connection after resuming from sleep/restart in my vista laptop and netgear router.

 

once again...check out the properties of your wireless NIC(Advanced Tab)...make sure all the details such as auto reconnect mode is enabled...the right channel selection is selected from the drop down menu...network type is infrastructure and not Ad-Hoc...power saving mode (CAM)...radio on/off (should be enabled)...RTS Threshold matches your routers values...and lastly SSID is correct...

 

I've tried everything except A#1's response and still no help. I'm not really sure which properties you're referring to or how to get to them.

 

Just went back and looked at your screenshot of your ipconfig dump - is there any reason why you need to have IPv6 enabled?

 

Control Panel > Network Connections > Wireless NIC Properties> Configure



Advanced Tab > in the box below are the properties i'm talking about

 

Shyster I'm not really sure what that is or why its enabled lol.

A#1 thanks for the step by step! These are the only options I have under advanced..

 

Then you should probably disable it - it may be causing some of your problems. Microsoft has instructions on how to disable IPv6 through the registry in its knowledgebase article KB929852.

Just FYI, in case you didn't already know - IPv6 is (or, rather, will be) the replacement for the current IP addressing scheme, which is known as IPv4; _Vista has IPv6 built in as a native protocol, so it cannot be uninstalled; however, it can be disabled, as described in the article above. Basically, IPv4 is still the protocol that governs the internet, so IPv6 is not necessary yet, and in my opinion, should be disabled until such time as it's needed.

 

dunno shyster...i've had several protocols installed on my pc...NW Link...and have had IPv6 installed...never caused me any problems...then again i'm still using XP Pro...so don't know how this would affect vista...if it was me...i'd uninstall my wireless drivers and reinstall them...you should have quite a few more options than that in your config/properties tab

 

I run XP as well and have never had issues with IPv6 - although that doesn't mean others won't. At the very least, disabling it leaves a cleaner slate for asking diagnostic questions.

Also, there was a report recently out that having IPv6 enabled might be a security risk right now precisely since it's not generally used, and therefore many of the IP security tools might not be set up to check IPv6 traffic for problems. All in all, until the internet switches to IPv6, or if you have a specific reason for using it, it seems to me that the best policy is to disable it until such time as you actually need it.