Wireless issues with Intel/Pro Wireless 2200BG

Add me to the list. I just got this new Dell Inspiron 6000 two days ago and this has been bugging the hell out of me!! I start with 54, then it goes to 1, and then 36, and then 24 mbps. Web pages just crawl and it takes forever! I think im going to just go buy a linksys wireless card and put that in, even though that would get rid of the "centrino" technology my notebook supposedly comes with. Intel should release an updated driver that fixes this problem since so many people are noticing it! I have tried all the different drivers and I get the same problem with all the drivers. I tried changing the settings like power mode and everything else but I can't figure out a solution so im just sayin screw it and buying a linksys card from best buy tomorrow. This really pisses me off!

 

Not sure what the problem is but I also have upgraded my driver to 9.0.2.1 but I still have problems with my Linksys WAG54G. With encryption on, my T42 sees the SSID but can't connect. When I remove WEP or WPA, I can connect. In addition the speed then fluctuates between 1 and 54 Mbps all the time and every few hours I have to restart my WAG54G. The new driver didn't seem to do much in that respect. The room is kept at about 22ºC all the time. Oh with Netstumbler running in the background there is no difference in my case.

Other observations: when surfing on WiFi hotspots (even abroad) the T42 works well (even when I was still using driver ver 8). Recently I was in Milwaukee, my friend's Netgear router (WGT824)was about 75 feet away and 2 floors up, yet I was still getting over 48Mbps. I even accidentally surfed using on of his neighbours' Netgear router (most of his neighbours used Netgear stuff BTW).

I myself have since bought a Netgear WGR614 (Hardware v5) and a portable Netgear WGR101 and whatever version of the Intel Pro 2200 driver, the T42, my friends' Dell Latitude or NEC laptops have found joy. BTW I have tried eveyrthing with the Linksys WAG54G too and I have come to the conclusion that I have an expensive wired modem-router.

I am very tempted to say that it is surely a compatibility issue with the Linksys, especially as Netgear usually works very well as do public hotspots.

I'm a n00b here please be nice!

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by DeltaRage

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by DeltaRage

 

They are generic drivers. It doesn't matter what kind of laptop you have. Just give them a go.

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Yes I want those drivers, I need those drivers for a Fujitsu T4010 Notebook. The IBM page is the only place they seem to be what is up with that?
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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by DeltaRage

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by DeltaRage

 

ooohhhh please post the link!

 

Yes, PLEASE post the link for the 9.0.1.4 drivers!

 

im gonna try giving Intel a call later to see if I can get someone to get me a link. As soon as I get the link, I will post it for you guys.

 

I too am having the speed jumpdowns and dropouts. I have a Fujitsu N3510 and my HW ver is 0.1.3. In my case, upgrading to 9.0.1.21 (from 9.0.1.9) made things worse, surprisingly. Although after upgrading the connection stayed at 54mbps, after trying to use the connection it would change to Limited or No Connectivity. Repairing wouldn't obtain in IP address. This behavior gets repeated every reboot. I'm trying to roll back now. :-(

 

Also, what's all this talk of 9.0.1.4 drivers? The lastest drivers as avail via IBM are aparrently 9.0.1.21 and over at Intel's site there's 9.0.1.9. Why go back to .4?

 

Go back?

9.0.1.4 > 9.0.1.19 and 9.01.21

As in, .40 is a greater number than .19 or .21. Therefore they are the newest driver.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by DeltaRage

 

I managed to get the drivers and low and behold, the problems are gone! These drivers fix all the problems!! You're always connected at 54 mbps and the signal strength is excellent!! No more slow speeds or random disconnects or fluctuating speeds! I don't have a place to host the drivers so if you are interested in obtaining these drivers, please send me an e-mail to [email protected] and I will make sure you get the drivers the same day you send me the e-mail. Additionally, if someone would like to donate some webspace so they can host the drivers, that would be awesome too! ;0

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by JPH

 

Since I can't send the drivers through e-mail, I will just post the link here. The link will expire in one week so make sure you download before then.

https://secure.filesanywhere.com/xELinkMain.asp?crypt=%97%8Cz%97zs%81%86%93r%92%AA%A6z%87%9B%B3%5Dy%A7%95%A1%99%9F%9Epz%7C%82a%82a%7DiL%87%9A%7Dt%95%8D%8C%82%82%5F%5C%81%81%86h%83%97%95v%AB%98%8C%86%B9%C7%B4%92%AD%C3%9D%A7%A9%7B%9F%9C%C7%96%C5%7E%9D%9D%A0

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Emil7284

 

So who all is using the Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software along with the version 9.0.1.21 drivers? My Vaio uses the Windows Zero config utility.

Not sure if the wireless software makes a difference with the Intel wireless card but I have another notebook computer that uses a TrendNET pcmcia 54g wireless card (XPpro sp2) that will only work using TrendNET's wireless connection utility, Windows Zero config would not connect. This became an issue only after upgrading XPpro to sp2, before that the zero config utility worked fine.

 

Still no luck with the .21 drivers here--- anyone else?

 

using intel pro/wireless 2200bg. just did a complete reinstall of xpprosp2 and set up. wireless worked under 40bit wep. when I tried to configure wap it wigged, now the 40bit wep's freaky too. tried system restore, to no avail. trying the new driver update emil7284 posted

 

Fujitsu told me to disable 802.1x authentication and upgrade my AP's firmware. Predictably, that did nothing. Is anyone planing on trying the "nuclear option"? That is, trying to get replacement hardware from the laptop manufacturer? I think that's about where I'm at.

Also, I'm going to try Intel's support line for Centrino, which their website says is available to end users whose OEMs couldn't solve their problems. The link w/ that phone number is
http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/centrino/sb/CS-009883.htm

 

Tried the updates emil7284 posted, nada. The installer was weak, but I made it through. Bloatware. Did nothing for my connection, still can't wap and wep is buggin.

I would seriously reconsider purchasing a notebook with this Wireless Adapter if you have plans of using wireless. I spent hours trying various configs: B-only G-only, power mgmt, blah blah blah, nothing made it work normal.

I'm just too burned out to try the reinstall OS again. But I am convinced that the setting it up on a G band with WAP is what fried it. Too bad...

 

FWIW... my 2 cents. I've got a brand new Dell I6000 with XP Pro SP2 hooked up to a brand new 2Wire 1800HG gateway with the latest driver. I am highly pleased with the performance of these 2 with the exception, of course, of the Intel 2915. Like many, I too start off with 54 Mbps and decrease to 48, 36, finally leveling off to 24. I've been tracking this post/problem for over a month all the while doing research and trying to come up with that all elusive fix. I've tried all channel and power setting combinations, driver configurations including contacting Intel w/a request for help and emailing them the url to this post, just to let them know our woes...as if they weren't aware of it already.

Intel finally emails me a link to www. yada filesanywhere yada where driver 9.0.1.4 awaited me. Turns out it was nothing more than driver 9.0.1.21 repackaged w/a different label. Got to admit that the Intel PROSet wireless manager is a bit more interesting than XP's wireless manager. The fluctuating connection issue hasn't been resolved although there appears to be a slight improvement in the duration at 48 mbps. For instance, as I'm typing this post, there it is sitting at 48.0 Mbps with "Excellent" signal quality. But, of course, I'm not surfing or downloading.

I'm spent, burnt, tired of the wild goose chase. Going to get some rest, reassess things and hopefully come back with a fresh outlook and start enjoying my purchases. Who am I kidding, I'll continue to look for a fix to this issue to the bitter end!

Here's the url for the 9.0.1.4 driver for those wanting to experiment.
https://secure.filesanywhere.com/xELinkMain.asp?crypt=%97%8Cz%97zs%81%86%93r%92%AA%A6z%87%9B%B3%5Dy%A7%95%A1%99%9F%9Epz%7C%82a%82a%7DiL%87%9A%7Dt%95%8D%8C%82%82%5F%5C%81%81%86h%83%97%95v%AB%98%8C%86%B9%C7%B4%92%AD%C3%9D%A7%A9%7B%9F%9C%C7%96%C5%7E%9D%9D%A0


Newbie

 

Yeah, it seems that anyone who emails Intel with an issue like this ends up getting that file from them. They sent it to me twice. I too emailed them with a link to this thread. In the meantime I went out and bought a carbus Linksys wireless adapter and it's SOOOO nice to have a stable wirless connection! Of course I hate the power drain and the antenna sticking outside of my laptop. Plus, there's the principle of the matter! Why should I have to go buy a wireless card to add onto a "Centrino" laptop?!?!?! Ugh!!

 

Gentlemen I had the same problem as most of you where I kept losing my connection regardless of whether I set a specific speed or wherever I went. I travel a lot and I could not get a stable connection if my life depended on it. I have a 2915ABG and even in my own home being maybe 6 feet away I would have connection degredations and drops. I was using the original latest Intel drivers and what fixed it for me is get this, I uninstalled my wireless card, redetected the card, forced the latest Intel drivers (even though it took it without being forced) and then went to the advanced tab of the adapter and in the power managenment I unchecked Default and put it to the max. Now before you start saying you tried it, it only worked AFTER I uninstalled and reinstalled the wireless adapter card. When I tried changing the power management setting before I uninstalled it, it did not work. To uninstall I went in the device manager, right clicked on the 2915 and clicked on uninstall. No guarantees but give it a shot!

 

I spoke too soon. Still having same problems where my wireless connection will just drop. Or sometimes it will go really slow and not load any pages. ****!

 

same exact problems, tryed working out with every single possible option 1 thing, on intels website it does say if any 2.4 gig phones are in a 25 ft radius you should either move or disconnect them [yea really useful in a home/office environment to move wireless phones] in any case, if you do disconnect/move them the connection is alot more stable, i disconnected my portable and am now using a standalone, but that is clearly not a viable solution for the longrun. i have called dell, b***tched and moaned, and they are sending me the dell 1450 mpci wireless card free of charge, along with free pickup of my old card, for the inconvience they are also sending me a bunch of other goodies. my suggestions to everyone, and i know its alot of people having this problem- call your notebook manufacturers, b*tch and moan to no avail. ask for free stuff, scream cry, yell, and best of all, if your service plan entitles you to on site service, say you will do it yourself for a goodie/upgrade for free. i got myself an extra 4 cell battery, an extra external pcmia wireless card, and the dell 1450 wireless card all for free. good luck.

 

That's great-- I wonder if Fujitsu will be a responsive. I'm confused: they sent you a new PCMCIA card and another card? Is the other one internal? I'd hate to be stuck with an external card forever. Another battery would be great...

 

dell support are monkeys:
im direct quoting from an email
"Hi Jerry
Thank you for contacting Dell Inc.
This is with reference to your call to Dell Customer Care regarding a w/l card which we had promised to send you at no extra charge, coz of all the trouble that you have had with us till now. I am emailing you to let you know that we will get the video card to you at the earliest and will keep you posted on the status of the same until it ships from Dell."

they sent me out the pcmia card accidentally, so instead of dealing with the return, they said keep it, the internal im obviously keeping, and the battery was attained through some cunning and convincing, im also working on getting a european converter for free since they promised the new wireless card shipped overnight and it was shipped 2 day, all you need to do to get this kind of service is pretend your a ceo or an exec and say my company spends so much bla bla bla.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by response

 

Hi everybody,

this is my first post so be kind to me

I have a Clevo M37EW (in the States it's sold as a Sager 3790)... and I have had this problem until I tried this: http://notebookforums.com/showpost.php?p=653809&postcount=50

Please, check the above link because I posted this a few months ago... and I can tell you it DOES work [ ]
So I think the problem must be solved by Intel, because previous drivers worked... and latest ones don't...

When Linksys releases the new firmware (it will support WPA2) which is, right now, under beta testing (Check: http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=281 & http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=284 for more information) I'll test again... (Last 28th Microsoft released a patch to support WPA2 in Windows, and it seems that latest Intel 2200BG drivers support WPA2) because I've tried everything and nothing works except what I have tried in the above link and I'm tired of re-installing my OS (Thanks to ghost it only takes me 20 minutes... but 20 min plus 20 plus 20... makes a lot of time)

Feel free to report whatever if my "solution" works for you or doesn't.

 

got my dell 1450, working wonderfully. i suggest it instead of that intell 2200 crap. havent dropped once in 36 hrs.

 

OK here is how I made my Intel Pro 2200 work flawlessly with release 9.0.1.21. I put my Linksys WAG54G into early retirement and pulled out my Netgear WGR614 and lo and behold the T42 has NEVER EVER dropped connection or speed since, and while using WPA-PSK. 54Mbps with the odd 48Mbps when I am not surfing - quickly picks up to 54 when I resume any internet activity. For me at least, the problem is the WAP.

Does everybody here have the Intel PRO-blem with any particular brand/model of AP?

 

My APs are the Linksys WRT54G.

This is such a common AP that's if the problem is only with Linksys APs, it's still a huge problem.

 

Intel 2200 BG problems may be not general, they may be related to compatibility issues with just some APs or chipsets, although probably with many APs. Beside the the Linksys discussed above, I'm getting the same ugly 54->1 Mbps downward progression with a Dlink DI-624.

Also, in general when I connect through an airport or hotel wireless AP, most of time the connection is fine and stable. Notably with 3Com APs. I realize most of these are industrial-grade pieces of hardware costing several hundreds, with better tolerance than the Soho ones.

I'd be interested in anyone getting consistently different results from different APs. Is there really any affordable make or model that gets along well with Intel's cr*p ?

Matt

 

I have been having similar issues to everyone here with my Intel 2200BG and my Netgear DG834G modem router. Works fine in wireless B but drops until disconnects in B and G or G only.

I am trying out the recommended Intel driver update and so far it has improved things for me, touch wood!

I'm interested in knowing if anyone can confirm or deny problems with the Intel card and the Belkin range of routers?

 

I am having the same connectivity issues with my new Sony VAIO VGN-FS550 notebook equiped with the Intel 2200BG wireless adapter. My wireless access point is a new Netgear WGT-634U router. It connects rock solid to my D-Link and Netgear 802.11g PCMICA wireless access cards. The 2200BG connection may last anywhere from a few minutes to almost an hour. The signal srength stays at "excellent" when I get a "limited or no connectivity" message from the system tray. I have sent inquirys to Intel and Sony with no response but to blame each other or the wireless access point! I hope Intel gets enough complaints to create new drivers for this card.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by randyrice

 

Hi all,

I'm having the same problems, but maybe a few twists. I've got a D-Link DGL-4100 wired router and a DI-624 acting as a wireless AP (no DHCP). We have two 2200BG equipped laptops and one with a D-Link PCMCIA card (DWL-G650). Neither 2200BG laptop could maintain a stable connection, but both the Windows or Intel wireless configuration software still showed as connected. I used a spare DWL-G650 card in place of the 2200BG on one of the laptops, and, lo and behold, it worked.

Here's the twist: I'm generally not losing connection to the AP (every once in awhile), but I *am* losing connection to the DGL-4100, which is acting as the DHCP server. Looking at the router's log, it appears that the 2200BG chipset is sending a DHCP request every few seconds, and the DGL-4100 bounces every fourth request or so, which causes a loss of association. I'm forced to either reconnect when I'm using Intel's PROSet or repair when using Windows.

Any thoughts?

PS: The 2200BG laptops are a Sony T270 and a Dell Inspiron 8x00 (I think), and I've got the 9.0.1.9 driver. I also tried the 8.x driver with no luck, but I haven't yet tried the 9.0.1.21. All of the firmware in the network is current.

 

tell me this, which linux operating system did you use? Gentoo or another because i have the same laptop (s3xp) and the problem with the OS is present and accounted for. Gentoo linux has been successfully installed in s3xp[http://vip-net.org/gentoo_sony_vaio_s3xp.txt]. Help me out in order to save some time with all these. Thanks.

 

I'm using the older drivers from the 8.1.1.0 package they were better than the 9.1.0.1 but still a little unstable. I'm using the Windows Zero Configuration thing instead of Intel's manager and I think that has made it better also.
I have a Linksys WRT54G

 

Ok..
I am having a some somewhat similar issues. I have a WRT54G also. Router works fine - Desktop works fine - All of a sudden my wireless notebook card in the laptop SH** out. The lights turned off never to be seen again. Then I was connecting via the intel pro wireless card internally just dandy - better than the linksys card actually - till that just said connected - and I couldnt actually connect to anything - Now I can't connect to anything and I am old skooling it over here with 54 wires running to a router hub and raping myself for connection speed.

Here's a reference link for what I have tried so far:
http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?showtopic=33862

I swear if we figure this out I will mail you fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.

grr
The laptop is a dell latitude D600
Thanks in advance!
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Angel

 

It seems to me and the people I've talked to at Fujitsu that this is definately an Intel issue that must be fixed with a driver update. There are so many 2200BG's being sold now with these new Sonoma-based laptops that they're going to have to fix it. I've been posting warnings regarding this issue to online reviews on my model system... others should do the same. Fujitsu hasn't yet agreed to replace my hardware, but we'll get there evenutally. If manufacturers have to do this enough they'll lean on Intel.

 

I had similar connection problem between Intel Pro 2200 (in the newly bought Sony VAIO notebook) and my router (SURECOM EP9510 AX/A2). The router had been working well with my other computers at home with USB wireless adaptors. But with new Sony VAIO, either the connection always loss (low or no connectivity) or intolerable low connection speed. The signal strength definitely is strong always.

Attempts done but no improvment noted:
1. Down grade the intel Pro 2200 driver to 8.1.0.28 instead of original 9.0.0.60
2. power management tabbed to high power always and remove default setting

Before attempting the last but most risky option of updating the router firmware (which may affect my other computer if failed), any other suggestion???

Thanks.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by gldbs

 

It's been almost a month since I've installed the 9.0.1.21 driver (available at IBM website) and so far it's been very stable for me; lowest it ever got to was 24mbps when I'm on our 2nd floor bedroom. It's a steady 54 anywhere on the first floor.
Like joesunset said, it's unlikely to help updating the firmware on the router (it may solve some other issues); I've gone that route updating my DI-624 to the latest firmware but got the same results with the previous intel driver. I even bought a netgear router hoping it would solve the problem.
After numerous research and reading multiple forums, the issue is simply the intel wireless driver, nothing else.
Hope this helps.

guaping
SONY FS570

 

We recently purchased Compaq NX5000 laptops which had Intel 2200BG cards in them.

As discussed in this forum, they DO NOT work correctly with a variety of access points.

From day 1, I told our supplier and HP that we wanted to swap to HP WLAN 500 cards instead, as I know that they work (that's what is in my nc6000). Of course they got us to do all the firmware upgrades, downgrades, side-grades - none of which worked

FINALLY on Friday, we were given HP WLAN 500 cards to replace the Intel cards.

And surprise surprise, they worked perfectly!

Summary: If you've got Intel 2200BG cards in your HP/Compaq laptops (and you're having trouble), demand to be swapped to HP WLAN 500 cards. It will save you and everyone else a lot of trouble.

 

Just to tell you about some tests I made with my WRT54GS and my Acer 2100 (Intel ProSet 2200BG) :
1) drivers 0.8.12 from Acer and default Firmware on the WRT54GS : many disconnections and often impossible to connect. Transfer rate drops...

2) router firmware upgrade to 3.37.2 US : same problems

3) router firmware upgrade to 3.37.2 FR (as I'm french) : same problems

4) install drivers pack 8.1.1.0 from Intel.com ( url=http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=&DwnldID=7819&ProductID=1637 ) :

Intel® PROSet for Wireless : 8.1.1.0
Device Management : 8.1.0.47
Device Driver : 8.1.0.28

Works OK for 2 days and no drop nor disconnection [ ]

Will try newest drivers if I can have enough time to spare [ ]
Will also try other Firmwares... maybe...

As it works ok for me now it's more likely I will stay with these drivers... but tomorrow never knows [ ]


Just to be more precise : I only use 128bits WEP encryption, not WPA... for the moment...

Notebook Acer 2100
WRT54GS Router
Cable Modem

 

Grr! Fujitsu won't send me a replacement WLAN card... instead they're making me either ship or drive (40 mins) the laptop in. And then they just want to try putting in another 2200BG, despite my kicking and screaming. The repair guy said, "Well that's a pretty popular chipset, so I doubt it's a problem with the whole set."

So I'm going to drive it in, wait while the authorized repair shop installs it, and bring along my AP to test it out when they're done.