Laptop WIFI issues

[Saltire]

Used to know so much about this shit.

My laptop is having serious issues keeping its connection to WIFI. My phone, tablet and ps3 all connect perfectly.

I've tried;

Updating the drivers (Sony VAIO FS Series) and they are up to date

Going into power management and disabling it says to do so it doesn't turn my WIFI card off whenever the power was low, but just got a slider with like 'low power/high usage' or 'high power/low usage' and no disable option

Fucked for what else to do

[Clutchy]

Download something called wifi scanner, it will list what channel your wifi operates from, if lots of other routers use the same band then it can cause interference and did with my laptop, I read somewhere you should try and keep about 5/6 bands away from the most used one.


For example mine was on channel 1 along with everything else, so I changed to channel 6 I think and all is well.
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[sickpup]

Which OS does it have on it?

[anthony_r6]

Have you tried it on another wireless network? A different router? Is it still dropping the connection? Is the connection physically dropping? or is it temporarily losing traffic? Does it reconnect on its own, or do you have to do it?

Even though everything else is working okay on your connection, I'd try connecting to another network with your laptop and see if you experience the same issue.
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[CaNsA]

Does your mobile phone lose wifi connection, assuming you have a phone with wifi....

[Saltire]

Nah nothing other than my laptop loses it, and when my laptop does have connection it says the connection strength is excellent.

Will try the WIFI scanner. Also worth noting when I use the standard windows wireless configuration and try to disable my wireless card it states it cannot be disabled as its 'in use from another user' (WIFI has password but im assuming by user it means windows user). If I try to repair the connection it states 'cannot disable wireless card at this time, please check it is installed correctly'.

APE, it disconnects and reconnects on its own most of the time, sometimes I will have to repair the connection but as above states that no longer works and the best I can do is turn the WLAN switch on and off.

Not tried another network yet

OS = Windows XP

[CaNsA]

you have 2 things fighting for control of the wifi.

just install the drivers for the wifi card and let windows control it, do not use the 3rd party wifi control application.

[Saltire]

That would make sense but the standard application isn't letting me do anything but see the status of the connection, it states something along the lines (sorry vague) 'Cannot use this to configue wireless connection, if you have another application to do this please use that).

De and reinstall methinks?

[CaNsA]

remove the 3rd party application and uninstall the drivers for the wifi card,
have a network cable handy and hook the laptop to the router.

reboot, let windows install the wifi drivers.

[Pete.]

Some cards flat-out won't work without their configuration utility. The one in this PC is an example. Install the drivers, it'll find the card, install, no check marks, appear to be working in every way except it either won't connect or randomly drops-out. After half a day of searching I found a link to the config utility and now it works great.
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[Saltire]

Appreciated guys just got to find out what 3rd party app it's using

[Clutchy]

Chances are whatever app is using it it will be in use when booting up, go on msconfig and have a look at what the boot up aps are
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[andys675]

my laptop kept connecting and disconnecting, read up that the wifi cards were suspect on my model, now using a wifi adapter/dongle in the usb slot, no more problem
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