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    poor wireless signal

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Lewman, Jan 4, 2009.

  1. Lewman

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    I recently purchased an FW285D and its been great thus far.. I have been noticing issues with the wireless signal however. I have a dell inspirion 9300 also and it uses intel wireless... MY sony however is currently using the vista wireless system but i did see some intel wireless programs lying around.

    Anyway basically when im upstairs in the house the internet cuts in and out constantly.. showing my network then saying its not available. 3 Other people use laptops in the house and they have no problems whatsoever including my dell.. I have it sitting beside my sony and it will stay connected while my sony keeps on having to reconnect. Its truly annoying. Its weird because it shows the wireless signal of my neighbours houses at a higher strength than my own connection and also has them ALWAYS up. No one else in my house gets this problem so i doubt it has something to do with my actual wireless router... which is a linksys WRT300N.

    Does anyone have any ideas.. Will the intel wireless be better.. if i double click on the .exe file in my common(ifrmework) folder it just says i need to reinstall the program and restart.....
     
    Lewman, Jan 4, 2009
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  2. Jahert

    Jahert Notebook Enthusiast

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    Have you tried resetting your router?
     
    Jahert, Jan 4, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Can be a driver problem...

    (had a problem with my mother's medion laptop - other's worked fine, new driver improved/solved the situation)
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 4, 2009
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  4. Lewman

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    by driver you mean the the vista wireless drivers? Surely when futureshop was installing vista and all the software a week ago they would have done it?
     
    Lewman, Jan 4, 2009
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  5. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, I think even Vista runs an Intel driver - and there is Intel software...

    Check and compare the build numbers for the Wireless (Intel) drivers on both machines
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 4, 2009
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  6. Lewman

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    Intel
    4/27/2008
    12.0.0.73

    it shows the driver for the network device but i ran the update driver button and it said it is the latest driver.....
     
    Lewman, Jan 4, 2009
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  7. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Then try an older driver?
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 4, 2009
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