Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. in Wireless Networking http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r12905006 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:58:55 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:58:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15968054 anon : Here is an answer. I've been struggling with Intel2200s and 2915s for too long with direct support from the manufacturers. Use these steps:

1) Download the newest drivers and use Windows to manage the cards. Don't use Intel Pro set.

2) Uncheck the defaults in the driver settings and manually set what you need. If the default setting is what you want, uncheck the default box, change the setting then change the setting back to what you want.

3) Make sure you set transmit power to high !!

4) set the roaming aggressiveness to be appropriate to your environment. If you have only 1 AP and/or the client does not move much set it to low. If your device is mobile and you have many APs set it to high.

5) Make sure the network settings are set so that you do not scan for better networks and connect to them. Having this enabled causes 2 problems, the card wastes too many resource scanning other networks for no reason and the card may try to connect to these networks even though you do not want it to.

6) If you have a mixed mode environment B/G manually set everything to B or G. Contrary to popular belief in a network with both B and G clients, clients will perform better if they are all hard set to B than if you have a mix of B and G clients associated to the AP. This is a problem with almost every AP. The AP switching back and forth between B and G modes slows everything down dramatically. Even if you connection says 54Mbps.

7) Realize the Intel chips are there for the a reason. That reason is they are cheap and the PC manufacturer can keep their costs down by using them. Switch to a better chip if you can. I have never seen any chip out perform Cisco's chip. Personally I use the Atheros whenever I can.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15968054 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:03:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15912665 anon : Bought a Acer laptop with the 2200bg built in. It was pre loaded with 9.0.1.9 release. Saw the rate go from 48M down to 1M and then up again. After seeing this as being a common problem and no support from Acer, loaded the latest software V10 Pro with a 9.0.3.8 driver. Problems dissappeared.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15912665 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:17:39 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15905698 marshall_lai : My 2200GB works without disconnect issues with WRT54GXv2 after upgrading firmware on the router to 2.00.12 (EU).

So far has been over 2 weeks without disconnect.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15905698 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:47:47 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15903812 anon : I'm having that problem - I only have problems connecting to my home router and not to others. I have an old Linksys .11b router. My old laptop can connect to it fine, not the brand new one. I think I'll just dump the router, I'm tired of this. Any suggestions on what to buy?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15903812 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:02:11 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15853594 anon : thanks for the help, i reinstalled the newest driver from Intel and started using the Proset wireless instead of the Windows program and its working fine now. Still not sure how i did it, but haven't had any problems since, thanks very much]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15853594 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:39:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15843040 SkiJunkie : damn it speed decrease again , it worked fine but now the speed sucks i get maximum 300 kb/sec but used to get 640kb/sec with wireless. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15843040 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:01:17 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15775019 jkonrad : I use the same exact setup on 4 WRT54G(Tofu14) and 8 Intel2200BG cards (now all at the ver 10 driver) and use WPA just fine on all of them, and have been since the first laptop and the ver 8 driver...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15775019 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:20:40 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15774528 moi666 : well, i use a Linksys WRT54G (latest Tofu firmware based on orig Linksys) and Aztech DSL-600EW and have not been able to configure WPA to work on the 2200BG.

Am thinking it really is the 2200BG.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15774528 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:37:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15762017 marshall_lai : For all of us who are having various disconnect issues with laptops using the 2200BG chipsets, I wonder what the AP equipment is.....

Reason that I am asking is based on my experience. I have the Sony TX17GP which uses the Intel 2200BG. Now at home, I am using a Linksys WRT54GXv2 as an AP (FW 2.0.08). With that AP, I have numerous problems with the TX17GP of it dropping connections, not able to associate when WPA/WPA2 TKIP is selected (AES works fine however), the WPA2 mixed mode doesn't allow TKIP devices to associate...... etc

Now, the same network setup and replacing the WRT54GXv2 (everything same), then everything works. No dropping of the connection from the 2200BG clients and always able to associate within seconds by clients with both WPA2/AES and WPA/TKIP simultaneously, which I was not able to achieve with the WRT54GXv2. All this with the WRT54GC (which I believe using a different chipset internally).

So I really believe the problem lies in compatibility between the 2200BG and certain wireless chipsets being used in different AP.

So let me start:

2200BG (on Sony TX17GP). Connection drop and unable to associate with WRT54GXv2 (this happens with TKIP encryptions). WRT54GXv2 fw 2.0.08. Intel Wireless driver 9.0.4 (WZC)

2200BG (on Sony TX17GP). No problem with WRT54GC. FW 1.0.0.9]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15762017 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:10:20 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15759972 lovewomen : My 2915ABG works just fine it never looses connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15759972 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:06:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15758437 jpark : If anyone can fix this piece of s***, Intel can. They have posted new drivers for over a year and have yet to address the problems.

I think it is safe to say Intel will never fix the Intel wireless devices. It seems that saving power is more important that usability.

Centrino (TM) means 'really, permanently, screwed up'.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15758437 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:55:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15757623 slow mo : My 2915 ABG is terrible. The power management slider doesn't make any difference. When I read an article on the webpage for like 5 min. it loses its connection to the net. Repair or re-connect is the only way to get back. I think it's the Centrino Screw-up. Power saving my @$$.

BTW, I use ProSet 10.x.x.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15757623 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:09:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15755805 JTS33 :
said by How many post :

OMG, how long is this thread going to last? Mods, when you gonna end this zillion post subject?
What are you talking about? There are threads many times longer than this.

Better to keep it in 1 thread than to have a "zillion" different threads about the same thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15755805 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:30:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15755660 anon : OMG, how long is this thread going to last? Mods, when you gonna end this zillion post subject?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15755660 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:05:52 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15749593 claudeo : Many of the problems seem to be related to the power saving kicking in. Turn off power saving for the wireless device when it is not necessary. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15749593 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:55:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15745831 anon : Just to add to this thread. I have a Toshiba with the Intel 2200BG card. It has the same problem of dropping off connection speed. Haven't found a final solution yet, and still looking for the final solution....mvh]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15745831 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:02:50 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15671886 anon : i had similar problems caused by PSP (Power Save Polling).
here more about it:
»support.intel.com/support/wirele···6205.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15671886 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:47:10 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15668164 stlgera : I have installed version 10.0.1.0.3 with driver 9.0.3.9 since it was released in January this year.
Everything is working perfectly together with my Netgear WG602v3. I have WPA2 enabled.
No problems at all.

Regards
Stlgera]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15668164 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:23:46 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15662758 anon : :uhh:
moi666 Ok, I downloaded and am using the 10.1.0.13 Proset software but upgraded my 2200BG driver to 9.0.4.8, which the Proset complains saying it's "incompatible" but it seems to work fine.


I had 9.0.1.9 pre-installed on my Dell Inspiron 6000, XP media 2005 with the 2200BG. After about 10-15 minutes of not surfing it would go down to about 1mb.

I installed 10.1.0.3 about 30 minutes ago & no loss or reduction after sitting idle since the install.

I am also using WPA TPIK & all is good.

moi666...
1. I recommend going to your add/remove software & remove the "Intel Proset/Wireless Software"
2. Reboot then install v10.1.0.3 fresh.
3. If coonection issues persist go back & you may want to re-input the WPA security info back into your Router/Access Point & build a new profile in the Intel Proset/Wireless Software.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15662758 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:50:42 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15654833 moi666 : Ok, I downloaded and am using the 10.1.0.13 Proset software but upgraded my 2200BG driver to 9.0.4.8, which the Proset complains saying it's "incompatible" but it seems to work fine.

However, I do notice a very bad drop in overall speed. Not near my router now but speed reported by Proset is 1mbps. Uggh.

Have not tested WPA yet as it never worked for me, will report back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15654833 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:22:23 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15654822 moi666 : When you say you're connected, are you able to ping your wireless router? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15654822 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:19:57 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15653498 anon : Hi! i just recently switched from LAN to wireless and i'm having difficulties getting connected to the internet. My roommate doesnt seem to have any problems, she's using a MAC, I'm using a Compaq presario with the same Intel wireless 2200BG adapter and i don't know what to do. It says its connected to the internet but there is no connection at all, i can't surf, download etc. I dont know if the speed matters but its always connected on 11mbps. I initially had the 9.0.1.9 driver, then i changed to the 8.0.12.9000 and it's still the same, it says its connected but i can't do anything online, please help. I'm not tech savvy so if someone could explain to me what needs to be done, i'd appreciate it very very much.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15653498 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:16:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645878 chpalmer :
quote:
Any luck using WPA with the latest drivers ?


Using wpa2 here no problems.

Remember to get this patch if your having problems..

»support.microsoft.com/default.as···s;893357]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645878 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:45:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645147 bigdaddy74 : Alright I am at home now, with the new driver package installed and I am getting consistant 54mbps speed. Very stable. I am very happy. I can't believe that I suffered for so long without it. I would recommend that everyone try it. I even like the Intel PROset UI, other than I have to "re-activate" my wireless icon in the task bar after every restart (let me know if there is a perm fix for this).

Anyhoo, god luck to all. And thanks for all the info and reading.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645147 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:18:54 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645061 moi666 : Any luck using WPA with the latest drivers ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15645061 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:05:21 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15643564 jawnlaw : I just bought an Acer 4060 with this intel card, and was experiencing the same probs.... installed the newest intel drivers and holding 54 very very steady now.... using intel software for this too.....

Good luck]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15643564 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:58:01 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15636921 bigdaddy74 : Just installed (15min ago) the 9.0.4.0 package from the Intel website and so far it has only dropped down to 11mbps in my hotel room. Which for me is great considering that it was 1mbps consistantly after about 5mins before.

I will see how it is over the next couple of hours. I recommend the latest driver package from Intel.

Thanks to everyone for all the info.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15636921 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:16:41 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15620259 moi666 : What are the differences between the Proset versions 10.1.0.3 and 9.0.4.0? Both also say the 2200BG is supported, but one is of a higher version than the other.

Have gone through the release notes and they are of not much help.

Am currently on 10.1.0.2 and I have no issues with connectivity, bar the fact that I can't use WPA at all (tried 2 different routers).

Just wondering if I should bother upgrading again.

edit : Am on Proset 10.1.0.2 with driver 9.0.3.9
edit2 : Oops, looks like I'm answering my own question. Will try the 9.0.4.0 version as the driver is more updated compared to 10.1.0.3 for the 2200BG.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15620259 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:31:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15612396 chpalmer : Notice the newest drivers(9.0.4.8) come with version 9.0.4.0 config utility.

»downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts···tID=1784

Ive been running this combo now for a couple of days and it has been solid. Ive also disabled the windows zero config from even starting. Hadnt done that before...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15612396 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:29:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15591703 anon : I had an interesting problem.. wonder who else has come across it with the same hardware..
i've got bunch of Dell Latitude D510 laptops here with Intel 2200BG cards in them, and we're running LEAP over WEP atm with Cisco 1200 series AP's. For a long time we've struggled with pre-logon authentication, and it just hasn't worked. I followed some advice from speedie & managed to get it working, then realised that there was a later version of the software (10.x). I upgraded to this, and one of the options in the package-maker (admin side of ProSet) had an option for CISCO APs. I enabled this (it's a cisco wap!) but it magically stopped the pre-logon from working.. so i ended up turning it off, and voila, pre-logon works. What's the point of putting in something that supports cisco access points that doesn't work? hmm.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15591703 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:06:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15571078 JimPletcher : Thanks Talon88 and claudio!
You both hit on my (former) problem.

Autosensing was the major culprit. I'll have to give ThinkVantage Access Connections another try (keeping in mind what claudio said).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15571078 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:05:47 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15569062 claudeo :
said by JimPletcher See Profile :

My problem with the connection manager lies in the fact that I connect to several different networks during an average day (some of which may have changed slightly since I was there last). Some of these sites require a static IP (which ThinkVantage can't use). It was driving me crazy.
Actually I have not found *that* to be a problem. I have created some configurations with static IP and others with dynamic IP. However they must be bound to a specific adapter (the wireless or the wired), not "best available adapter". Auto switching when finding a preset SSID seems to work most of the time. Autoswitching profiles when connecting with the wired Ethernet port does not seem to work for fixed IP address configurations, but that should not be surprising. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15569062 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:10:34 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15568431 Talon88 : :::

At "ThinkVantage Access Connections",
Disable "Automatically Profile Switching"
and you will be fine.....!

:::

said by JimPletcher See Profile :

My problem with the connection manager lies in the fact that I connect to several different networks during an average day (some of which may have changed slightly since I was there last). Some of these sites require a static IP (which ThinkVantage can't use). It was driving me crazy.
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»D-Link FW update "Talon88 Crash Recovery" Step by
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»[Info] Some Clue about DI-624 Reboot
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»DI-624 Firmware update w/ Crash Recovery Step by S (Old)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15568431 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:36:59 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15564244 JimPletcher : If you uninstall the ThinkVantage Access Connections, you can still use Fn-F5 to turn the radio on/off.
You can also enable/disable the Wireless Network in the Control panel (Right-click to see how)

My problem with the connection manager lies in the fact that I connect to several different networks during an average day (some of which may have changed slightly since I was there last). Some of these sites require a static IP (which ThinkVantage can't use). It was driving me crazy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15564244 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:40:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15563665 claudeo :
said by JimPletcher See Profile :

WRT54G isn't the problem. I have two ThinkPads with the latest Intel drivers for 2200 connecting to a WRT54G with no probems at all.
I do not use the Intel Wireless utility or the IBM "network switching" program. Windows handles all wired and wireless the connections.
I have only one ThinkPad using the Intel 2200 and no problem connecting to a Linksys WRT54GS or any other router I've run into (except a Netgear travel router, a miserable piece of junk). I do use the Intel utility and the IBM Connection Manager. No problem. I have not figured out how turn off the Intel radio without the IBM software, need to be able to do that on airplanes. But it has been touch and go with at least one of the driver "updates". ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15563665 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:24:50 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15561129 JTS33 : New driver version 9.0.4.8 now available for the 2200BG (2nd download link on the list):
»support.intel.com/support/wirele···0623.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15561129 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:05:47 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15557811 anon : Been working on my 2200BG for NUMEROUS hours & nothing worked until I read this thread. I went directly to Intel & downloaded the latest 2200BG drivers & clicked install.

Laptop Specs:
IBM Thinkpad T42

This has been an issue with IBM/Lenovo's Software Installer for awhile.

My Suggestion-stick with the automated installs from IBM - except the network drivers. Go to intel directly for the latest drivers. You'll be kicking yourself after wasting MANY, MANY, MANY hours trying to correct it!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15557811 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:26:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15537021 Rambo76098 : Hmm... I just bought a HP dv4000 with the 2200BG, hope it does not give me the problems that others are having, fortunately I will not be using it with a linksys, I'll be using a D-Link DI-524 I picked up for $15.99 at Newegg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15537021 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:49:59 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15535056 tony72 : I've delt with the same issue in my workplace. We use the Cisco 1200 APs. If you use the Intel Connection manager software you will see that it works fine. The Intel 2200BG is not XP logoed. Microsoft recommends using OEM software over the Wireless Zero Configuration service. A work around that I have deployed is restarting the "Wireless Zero Configuration" service after bootup. After Service restart, usually provides a good connection even roaming between access points. You must restart the service after sleep or hibernate modes. Additional steps are required for non-adminstrative users.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15535056 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:45:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15487252 anon : OMG, when is this threat gonna end? 14 friggin pages and counting. Enough already. If you have not got your answer by now, it will not happen. move along.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15487252 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:36:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486933 SkiJunkie : Thats bull shit , it should be atleast 85 % of a wired connection

-other devices that cause interference may cause speed to go down other than that , the speed should be similar ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486933 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:46:43 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486756 lbtschnr : Can someone answer a very simple question? Is it perfectly normal for a wireless speed to be roughly 25% of a hard-wired connection speed? Dell now tells me this is perfectly normal. If the answer is yes, then I will abandon my research, and consider it a non-problem. It would be great if other readers of this forum could perform a www.giganews.com speed test(wireless vs. hard-wired) for sanity purposes...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486756 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:20:36 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486107 anon : I'm facing another problem with my 2200bg:

I have a 128k wireless internet connection at home (you think that's crap? I've been on dial-up till recently :)). Now, my donwload speed should be 13-14KB/s, but, most of the time it's around 9-10KB/s. The connection to the AP varries from 54Mbps when the card establishes the connection to 1Mbps after a few minutes. Signal strength is "Good" or "Very Good" most of the times. Now, PROSet shows the signal strength of -70, -69db, while my ISP's website shows my current signal as weak as -90, -91db (even -93db this morning). The thing is, the company is run by 2 guys, (I live in a small town), so last night I called one of them to complain. The guy tells me the problem is the weak signal. The minute I finished the conversation, my speed went up to 13KB/s. Unfortuantely, this morning, it went back to the way it was before, 9-10KB/s. Believe it or not, this is the second time the same exact series of events happens: I call them, they say "we'll see what we can do, but you're signal's really weak", I finish the conversation and then the speed magically goes up, but only for the night! Now, I know these guys pay for their users' traffic, and I'm donwloading stuff pretty much all the time (my pc's on 24/7). Could it be that they're actually cutting down my speed, so they would pay less? I mean, right now, I'm really pissed off and the only thing that's keeping me from suing them is the signal strength info I'm getting from their website.
Can Intel's PROSet signal info be trusted? And can the signal strength really affect my 2200bg's speed (I've seen it work at 220KB/s last night, while the ISP guy was "testing" something).
Btw, I have the newest Intel's drivers.
Thanks in advance.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15486107 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:55:33 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15485072 anon : I also have a D-Link DI-624 rev-c router that came with my Verizon Fios service and a Dell lLattitude D-610 laptop with the Intel Pro wireless 2200BG adapter. The same laptop connected fine to my wireless network pre-Verizon. I had Linksys router then hooked up to Comcast cable. I would ultimately like to implement Mac address filtering and WAP-PSK. What sort of security settings do you have on the D-Link router? Wondering if that is a complicating factor for me or if Verizon has added some software to the router that is screwing things up. Thanks for any advice you can offer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15485072 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:36:54 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15465068 JimPletcher : WRT54G isn't the problem. I have two ThinkPads with the latest Intel drivers for 2200 connecting to a WRT54G with no probems at all.

I do not use the Intel Wireless utility or the IBM "network switching" program. Windows handles all wired and wireless the connections.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15465068 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:07:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15464395 anon : AN Update for DELL D410 Users (and possibly others) - Remove the Intel Pro Wireless unility. Run Driver version 9.0.0.61 and use the MS wireless utility. It is solid enough for me like this.

From lots of research It looks like if you are running the Linksys WRT54G then dump either the AP or the Intel card. They just don't see eye to eye.

Cal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15464395 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:41:59 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15459836 SkiJunkie : the only problem to be fixed is speed going up and down , mine likes to go from 48-54 and might even go down sometimes but other than that everything works fine :D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15459836 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:13:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15456550 anon : I just purchased a Toshiba A105-S361,Laptop it has the same Intel pro 2200 lan chip installed. I connect to my home D-Link DI624 rev-c, and I have not had one single problem at all. I also have two other Laptops and two desktop computers, neither have the Intel Pro 2200 chip, but they all connect without problems. I have not seen any speed problems. Don't know what to tell you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15456550 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:35:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15453771 JTS33 : I have two Intel 2200BG wireless cards, and both have worked great from the beginning with D-Link DI-524 Rev. C1 and DI-624 Rev. C3 wireless routers. One of the 2200BG wireless cards came preinstalled in a Dell laptop, and the other 2200BG I put in a Toshiba laptop that predates Centrino. I top out at the full expected speeds for standard 802.11g on both laptops. Perhaps it is the D-Link wireless router models I am using which has made the use of the 2200BG so trouble-free. Something to consider if you're having issues with a different brand wireless router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15453771 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:40:07 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15452596 lbtschnr : Hi,

I hate to beat a dead horse, but I'm still struggling with my new wireless setup. From reading the threads in this topic, it sounds like there are some problems with the Intel 2200.

Here is my deal:
- dell notebook xps m140
- netgear wgr614v6 router
- intel 2200 proset wireless card
- comcast cable connection
- win xp home edition - latest and greatest

The problem:
When I connect my notebook directly to comcast modem and go to www.giganews.com and run their speed test, I get between 11000 and 14000kbps. This is great because I'm paying for 8meg which I assume is approx 8000kbps.
When I connect wirelessly I only get 3000-4000kbps.

Things I've tried:
- upgrade firmware for netgear
- upgrading to latest intel driver ?9.0.2.31?
- tried channels 6 and 11
- tried windows in safe mode
- increased power mgmt to maximum on wireless card
- disabling mcafee firewall
- disabling security on the router
- many other things

No change in wireless speed test.

Keep in mind that I'm not having any connectivity problems or dropouts - it stays connected at 54mbps during the entire time of the speed test on giganews.

I decided to buy a new wireless card from netgear to see if it would fix the problem - but it doesnt fit in my laptop. its a totally different size than the intel 2200 buried inside my notebook. I tried to put it in the slot on the left side of the notebook, but it doesnt fit in there. Is this considered a pcmcia wireless card?

Dell finally offered to send me another wireless card - either a Dell 1370 or another Intel 2915. But, I'm not sure if they will correct the problem.

I didnt see any posts in this thread which demonstrate clear resolution to these problems, so I wanted to get more opinions.

Finally, is it normal for a wireless conenction to be 8000kbps less than direct connection? I realize its going to be a little slower, but not this much!

Thanks in advance. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15452596 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:29:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15415138 Shootist : This is a short POST

The Intel card is JUNK. All the problems occurs because of the built in power management features of the card. These PM feature can NOT be changed or disabled because there is NO real properties to the card, it is all software based.

BUY a different make card and all these problems will be gone.

Oh and Dell will do nothing for you. Unless you can talk them into replacing the Intel card with Dell TM 13xx models which are Broadcom chip based cards.
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I am a net admin running 20 or so Dell notebooks on my wireless network (3 Linksys WAP54G access points) all laptops are using the Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG cards and all are having the same issue with speeds dropping from 54Mbps all the way down to 1Mbps before very s-l-o-w-l-y climbing back to 54Mbps (takes a day sometimes) unless the wireless connection is disabled then re-enabled, that seems to bring the speed back to 54Mbps for a short while before dropping back down.

I am 100% confident the problem is with the 2200BG cards or with their associated drivers. I ran the following simple test to prove that:

2 Dell laptops side by side, same exact distance from AP (Linksys WAP54G), one of them has a built in Intel 2200BG card and the other one has a Linksys Wireless G USB adapter. I noticed that when the laptop with the 2200BG card starts to drop speed, the laptop with the linksys card remains at 54Mbps. The 2200BG keeps dropping speed eventually reaching 1Mbps while the Linksys card remains constantly at 54Mbps.

I tried upgrading the drivers for the 2200BG from Intel.com but no luck. I tried to download updated drivers from dell.com but the link was dead so I finally placed a support call to Dell and told them what's been happening and that I have found tons of posts on the internet about this very issue. Dell's response was, to no surprise, that they have not heard about this problem! Ok.

In my troubleshooting efforts, I have tried the following (just so you don't waste your time trying things that do not work):

1. Upgrade AP firmware to Linksys's latest version
2. Upgrading the drivers on the machines
3. Moving one of the APs closer to the laptops
4. Changing the wireless channel (this actually caused more problems, so I am back at channel 6 now)
5. Changing the Power Management mode on the card to Highest - maximum performance.

nothing worked so far and I am getting ready to escalate my case with Dell and see how that goes. I will repost here if I have a fix that works.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15415079 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:08:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15408985 vijaymk : Ppl using DLink have hopes...
On 16th Jan, 06 D-Link updated the firmware for DI 524 (possibly for other routers too). The new driver version is 1.21 The update release note had this to say...

"Fixed Centrino connectivity issue"

DI-524 driver page : »support.dlink.com/products/view.···DI%2D524

I have to try this out. Posted this as soon as found the driver update... Hope it clears out the issues I'm having with Linux too (WEP is messy in Linux).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15408985 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:39:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15350438 anon : Hi there. Been suffering with exactly the same 'hardware switch' message too. Managed to fix things by pressing the 'Fn' and 'F2' buttons together which look to enable wireless, Worked for me anyway. Good luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15350438 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:16:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15339448 SkiJunkie : howcome Intel is not addressin the issue while the consumers suffer with these annoying problems ! :mad::mad::mad::mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15339448 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:00:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15337084 Shootist : The warranty on most all products cover what was originally included. So even IF they did it would be another Intel card and more then likely the same model.
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said by Shootist See Profile :

OK lets face facts.
The Intel wireless cards, any of them, are a PIECE OF JUNK.
Change the card out for one that works better. End of story.
So true!! Here's a thread from another forum with the same topic, It's had over 100,000 views... Link: »forum.notebookreview.com/showthr···?t=11402

And here's the card I replaced my 2200 with: »www.sparklan.com/products_mini_p···66ag.htm

So far so good with the new card. I got mine from a group buy for 55 bucks delivered. Worth every penny.

Group buy: »forum.notebookreview.com/showthr···?t=34165

cup
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The Intel wireless cards, any of them, are a PIECE OF JUNK.
Change the card out for one that works better. End of story.
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Besides that, check the card settings to make sure you don't have any weird "powersaving," compatibility or signal fallback stuff enabled that you don't need. Some of those settings make a big difference with flaky routers and WPA.

If you have a WRT54g and use WPA, setting the Group Key Renewal time to 0 seems to help with disconnections.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15323962 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:20:33 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15323668 montyw : I have a Dell 9200 with said wireless card. It drops connections like crazy! I had to have LCD panel changed under warranty & repairman said wireless card was running a "little hot" whatever that means. He suggested I get card changed under warranty while I could. I have Dell supplied Intel ProSet/Wireless 9.0.2.11 running. Does Dell supply the version 10?? Could be a hot wireless card. PS check antenna connections to card. The black & white wires connect to antenna in case. At UHF frequencies integrity of connections are REALLY inportant.

Hope this helps!
Jack ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15323668 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:05:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15298083 anon : Has this been fixed and if so how? I haven't got time to read all 256 replies!!

I'm having the exact same problem with my Belkin FD57001
»Slow connection (1.0mbps) yet excellent signal?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15298083 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:27:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15297096 JTS33 : Intel Proset/wireless utility v10.1.0.3 was released a couple days ago.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15297096 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:31:42 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15295452 marshall_lai : I am using a Sony Vaio TX17 which (of course) has the Intel 2200b/g. I am experiencing the drop and connection problem from resume. However, it only happens when connection is encrypted using TKIP. If the connection is AES, everything is flawless. Does not matter if it is WPA or WPA2.

I have tested and verified this with a Linksys WRT54GXv2 and a DLink DWL-G730AP. When the vaio wakes up and try to reconnect a TKIP connection, both router will reset the wireless function......]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15295452 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:35:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15257705 ferreter : If you're using Intel's client, try letting Windows manage your card.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15257705 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:59:10 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15251080 v_roomy : Hi Guys... just joined the forum today after reading this thread. I have an Acer TravelMate 4601WMLi with Intel 2200BG... out of the box, with driver v. 9.0.1.?? (can't remember what the last digit was), I had the regular disconnect/reconnect every couple of minutes. I updated to the latest 9.0.3.9 driver and this cured the problem, but I now have (or perhaps "still" have) the wandering connection speed. It starts off at 54Mbps then quickly drops to between 18 and 36Mbps, with Good-to-Very-Good signal strength. Usually it stays stable at around 24Mbps.

I'm running a Belkin F5D7632-4A wireless router modem, which I'll admit isn't the best piece of kit - but my wife and son have have no problems connecting their laptops to it, and they consistently maintain 54Mbps connections. My wife uses an external Belkin adaptor, and my son's Toshiba laptop runs Toshiba's own adaptor (not sure of the chipset).

I've sent an e-mail to Acer support and will await their response, but my guess is I'll have to find a replacement wi-fi adaptor.

Does anyone know if the 2200BG in my machine will be a mini PCI card or an integrated on-board solution? Acer's website claims "integrated Intel 2200BG", but I wonder if this is just part of the Intel "Centrino" marketing hype?? If it *is* a mini-PCI card, that's good news as my machine has an easy access bay for the memory and mini PCI slots.

Also... there's a hardware wi-fi enable / disable button on my machine. If I install a different wi-fi card, will that button still be supported? It's more convenient than the software switching...

Thanks in advance...

Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15251080 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:27:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245846 chpalmer : How busy are the airwaves where your at? If you are sharing the same frequencies with your neighbors then your equipment will slow down a tad.

Have you visited possibly a hotspot and done a battery of speedtests there? Can others use your access point with better speeds? any 802.11B equipment on your AP? (I once went to a service call with slow wireless speeds and found this situation due to a neighbor connected with a "B" pci card to my customers AP instead of his own.)

Sorry if these questions are repetitive but just stuff I thought of reading your post... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245846 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:54:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245629 Malachi1975 : I've got the same problem in my Inspiron 9300. Somethines seems to be throttling the speed down to about 25% of what is capable. When I am directly plugged into the network via Cat-5 I get around 4mbps. While on the wireless I end up around 1.10mbps. I've tried every driver from Dell and Intel, running the Windows Client and the Intel Proset, changing the settings in the Intel Proset as recommended. Nothing works, I am still stuck at the same exact transmission speeds.

It's really rediculous that Intel hasn't been able or willing to address this issue with so many people facing it. I suppose I could sit on the phone with Dell this week for hours but I am not sure what they can or will do about this since it just seems to be an inherent problem with the Intel hardware. I guess it would probably just be purdent at this point to buy a nice Linksys or Belkin PC-card 802.11g. In any case this $1400 laptop has turned out to be a disappointment in many areas and I've lost a little faith in Dell ( at least on the home user side ).

I guess we'll all just have to wait and twiddle our thumbs in the meantime and see if Intel gets off it's duff. And I wonder why I'm usually an AMD supporter...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245629 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:22:25 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15235490 thinkmore : I agree w/ whoever pointed out it may be incompatibility. Major problems for my T40 using ThinkVantage Access Connections with my Intel(r) PRO/Wireless Lan 2100, as well as my brother who has the same machine for work. Conflicting messages about whether or not the radio is "on" and "off" depend upon how you access the info (Access Connections, Device Mgr, etc). Both of us experienced problems after making required updates to bios, operating system, Access Connections, ThinkPad config package, and updated drivers for the wireless card. In my case IBM/Lenovo tech support made me do it to try to fix a different connection problem (failure to access an external hardrive). For 4 months, my wireless card couldn't connect to any network (though it could "see" them). I finally resolved it by rejecting Access Connections and reverting to Windows connection after first going through all config menus and resetting or re-entering appropriate settings. I also uninstalled and reinstalled all drivers. My brother uses an external card. Something is seriously wrong w/ conflicts in the new Lenovo updates.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15235490 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:20:04 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230795 anon : Freakin' Beautiful !!! I just received a Latitude D610 with a 2200BG. I spent 2- 1.5 hours sessions on the horn with Dell tech support and Dell Wireless Specialists (cough)to figure out why my Wireless card could not pick up the WAP in under 15 seconds, even with the latest drivers and software. Not to mention I just upgraded 4 Dell M600 laptops with the latest Intel Pro wireless drivers only, and they started to have the same problem. I disabled the Intel software, enabled the Windows wireless and BAM!! it works!! Fan-freakin-tastic!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a million chpalmer!!!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230795 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:20:43 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230286 anon : If you are in a "Mixed Environment" that is broadcast and non broadcast ssid'd the intel card will try to match the profile with the first ssid it gets and doesn't keep trying. With the ciscomode reg hack the card will get the first ssid and if it doesn't match will continue to try and find the ssid that goes with the profile. Version 10 of proset does have a checkbox to either turn on or off cisco mode but it doesn't make any difference with the registry nor does it fix the issue. It appears that Intel has the CiscoMode in their drivers but did not enable it because it lengthens the pre logon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230286 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:11:04 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230250 anon : Create the key and add the dword. Under the version 10 of the proset which is the 3945 driver put the dword key at the root of wireless.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230250 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:05:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230187 anon : I have 2200Bg Intel Wireless Pro in Dell 600M and recently a brand new Latitude D610 and I can not get logged onto my domain. It seems that the wireless card searches for a signal after I log onto the laptop. It takes about 10 seconds for the card to detect the WAP, even when logging on locally. Dell has no idea. So the brand spanking new latitiude d610 goes back to mama. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15230187 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:56:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15222750 vijaymk : Looks like some laptops work cool, even with old drivers. Taking this fact into account, I thought it would be a good idea to try updating the PCI Bridge driver for my laptop. I mean the 82801 PCI Bridge controller..
So I got the latest one from Intel (v 7.0.0.1011).. Hmm, I thought I made it.. but the I still have a slow connection. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15222750 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:08:29 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15217083 JTS33 :
said by vijaymk See Profile :

er... but the driver version 10.1.0.13 is for the 3945ABG Network connection, isnt it?
Yup, for the 2200bg/2915abg, what's new is version 10 of the ProSet utility. The driver version remains at 9.0.3.9]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15217083 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:04:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15216656 vijaymk : er... but the driver version 10.1.0.13 is for the 3945ABG Network connection, isnt it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15216656 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:11:33 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15211996 anon : Hi guys,
For what it's worth Intel just released 10.1.0.13 drivers for the 2200bg which seemed to have "enabled" the "Wireless ON/OFF" software option on my HP notebook.

I was also having WPA issues (no IP address via DCHP) on a Linksys WRT54G on the previous 9.0.3.9 drivers. Will need to test these new drivers to see if it fixed that other issue or not.

Latest Intel drivers here :
»support.intel.com/support/wirele···0623.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15211996 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:45:49 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15209871 cupcars : I ordered this card a few days ago. $55.00 shipped is worth a try, besides there are several good reports on it success. Here's the thread (long) »www.notebookforums.com/showthrea···t=122352
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btw, has anybody else found a solution to this mess !!! please help]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15188544 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:04:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15184628 anon : Something that I have discovered with the help of the HP tech support for the Intel 2200 b/g cards is in the registry at hklm\sw\intel\wireless\settings add a dword key: CiscoMode dword 000001. This will fix issues where there is an environement where there are broadcast and non broadcast ssid's. This may also fix issues with the disconnects and the cycling of speed up and down. This also fixes Pre Logon issues.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15184628 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:29:36 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15150322 anon : Yes just fully uninstalled origianl drivers and then installed the new intel update and it's working great... I almost bought and atheros because this was such a problem! Thanks for getting off your arses intel! :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15150322 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:55:46 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15149529 anon : Yes! High five to chpalmer. You fixed our problem also. Wife has a Sony Vaio with the Intel 2200BG. Mucho trouble connecting to a Trendnet 11g router using WPA-PSK. Updated the Microsoft and Intel software per chpalmer above and it is full speed ahead. Thank you so much. Microsoft should be advertising this update.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15149529 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:57:17 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15126699 chpalmer : I went to Intel.com , Got the latest drivers and installed them. I didn't install the Intel utility and use Windows to configure the card. It works awesome.

Ive then have done this to my cousins HP laptop and it fixed her issues also.

Go here for wpa2 update first.
»support.microsoft.com/default.as···s;893357

Go here for updated drivers 9.0.3.9
»support.intel.com/support/wirele···0623.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15126699 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:05:52 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15119002 JustinPC15 : Well I been Having the same problem with my laptop it's a Toshiba M45 intelpro2200b/g wireless I had to just get a wireless USB adpter netgear wg111t helps a lot. I am trying to get my built in wireless fix though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15119002 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:22:16 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15102738 saddlebronc0 : Hey ran across your posts and had the same problem except I have an IBM T23 it had no wireless so i got the card and a set of antenna's on ebay for 20.00 tried every configuration from one wire under the keyboard to two wires sticking out of the laptop, signal started strong all the time and them dropped fast. I decided to strip the ends of the antenna wires and run them between the TFT and the cover, used good ole scotch tape to tape them to the inside of the TFT cover and WALLA the signal is at 54Mbps and tests at 1.38mbps on »www.2Wire.com speed test. I have read the laptops cases are made of different composite material such as Titanium (at least the T23 is) and this causes interference with the data signal. Hope this helps. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15102738 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:00:53 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15083962 anon : lol turn it on
there is a switch in the back of the computer]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15083962 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:09:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15056041 anon : Got the same problems. Used several driver versions (win-standard till the latest version) but still encountered the same problems with the unstable speed/connection.

Funny is that at my parents' everything works fine with the wlan. So I thought it has to be a router problem. But for many other have the same problems (and the router-firmware-update didn't change anything), it has to be a card issue.

Here my specs:
- Intel 2200BG wlan card (recent driver: 9.0.3.9, 09/12/05)
- AVM Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7050 router]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15056041 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:34:53 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15012953 SkiJunkie : The new driver did not fix anything ..... ! I still dont get the same speed as with a wired connection. This card just sucks , intel is not doing anything to fix the problem.

Problems with card
-speed issues , connection dropping(less frequent with the new driver) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15012953 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:19:33 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15007387 anon : ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE INTEL PROSET 2200BG WIRELESS PROBLEM.

After trying a whole load of stuff I found a solution that should work with every computer. Download an old version of the intel driver from this site and install it: »www.fujitsupc.com/downloads/mobi···0_XP.EXE

It seems to disable to whole Power Save Polling feature and makes your internet nice and stable (and a little less battery-efficient). I am not sure whether this driver also works with the Intel 2915ABG chipset, but I imagine it may well do so.

Enjoy!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15007387 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:39:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15001185 anon : I think I have the same problem, although I don't think the radio is disabled, just the interface to the NDIS driver. If you download Netstumbler (just do a search), you should be able to run it and select the NDIS capture source. You will see your AP, but for some reason Windows, Intel, and ThinkVantage can't access the driver. Anyone have any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15001185 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:45:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14911576 funchords :
said by Elrique :

... is there a way to remove ALL drivers? I removed it a couple of times with Device Manager, but that isn't working...
*** AT YOUR OWN RISK ***

1. First create a restore point.

2. Close any related applications that are running on the desktop or on the system tray.

3. Use Device Manager to uninstall any hardware you wish.

4. Use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall the files.

5. Go to the C:\windows\inf directory ... look for any remaining files relating to your hardware here. Open the .inf files in NOTEPAD. If you see a file named OEMxx.inf (such as OEM16), then all of the matching OEMxx files and folders will be related to it (OEM16.PNF, OEM16.CAT, and etc.). Move only those related to your hardware to the recycle bin. You will find that sorting this directory by Create and Modified date will help you match up the files based on the time you last tried to install them.

6. Shut down the system (power-off). This avoids any possible PCI-detection problems between warm and cold boots.

7. Turn on the system. If this was successful, the 'new' hardware should be detected and it should be unable to locate any drivers.
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said by Elrique :

Unfortunately I have another problem now.
I bought a new notebook (again with a 2200BG). But this time it can't even find my wireless network!:huh: Sometimes it manages to pick up a signal from another network, though...
I installed newer/older drivers over and over, without success.
Take a look at this FAQ ... that's a classic symptom.

»Wireless Networking Forum FAQ »Why does my wireless connection repeatedly disconnect shortly after connecting?
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I also had some major problems with the IPW 2200BG card on my notebook. I used a D-link DI-624+ router. It stayed connected for about 20 mins and then it reconnected, as if my D-link router "crashed". After resetting the device a million times, installing new firmware and even bringing it back, a friend of mine advised me to install new Intel drivers.
That worked perfectly!:D I now have a very stable connection with driver version 9.0.1.9.

Unfortunately I have another problem now.
I bought a new notebook (again with a 2200BG). But this time it can't even find my wireless network!:huh: Sometimes it manages to pick up a signal from another network, though...
I installed newer/older drivers over and over, without success.

I also noticed a strange difference between the two network cards:
The 'properties' window shows hardware version "6.0.3" on the working 2200BG on the other notebook, while the non-working has hardware version "0.1.4".
Is this causing the problem?
If yes, is there a way to remove ALL drivers? I removed it a couple of times with Device Manager, but that isn't working...

Or is it maybe possible that the router itself is causing this problem?

Thanks

Elric]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14909821 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:58:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14907652 dspalding : I'm not sure CAM is full throttle all the time ... my understanding is that it runs full throttle then reduces in the absence of packet traffic (I'm trying to remember something from Cisco's Aironet Client Utility 2 1/2 years ago). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14907652 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:14:47 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14902124 JimPletcher : Vincent,
Although I have no problems with the 2200BG on several ThinkPad T42 laptops, the Bartlett Wireless 802.11 a/b/g miniPCI has a good reputation among ThinkPad users.
It is IBM P/N 73P4301]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14902124 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:05:13 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901798 vincentfox : Geez just the length of this thread alone, is enough to cause me to look for another brand of mini-PCI card.

I have an old ThinkPad X22 with older builtin 802.11b combo card, looking for a reasonably priced, stable, simple 802.11g upgrade to it. Obviously not Intel!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901798 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:32:39 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901709 funchords :
said by BullwinkleAU :

With my 2200BG it continually dis-associates and re-associates with my WAP - every minute or 2. Not only does it flood my WAP's logs but it also makes it nearly unusable since I keep getting cut off every few minutes!

I've tried all the suggestions on this thread, have improved it a little but no cigar. Am using the latest driver 9.0.3.9
Follow these steps:
»Wireless Networking Forum FAQ »Why does my wireless connection repeatedly disconnect shortly after connecting?
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I've tried all the suggestions on this thread, have improved it a little but no cigar. Am using the latest driver 9.0.3.9]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14898913 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:46:59 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14892695 funchords : All,

I've read through this thread, looked at the update, and have also re-configured two new Dell computers with a number of the issues reported here.

The recent update 9.0.3.0 is clearly meant to address many of these issues, however I notice that some who have updated continue to have these issues. I did not, but I also use a process that takes additional steps to avoid old, corrupted profiles. I believe that the update did not correct profile errors left by the previous versions -- and so those problems continued.

Please see »Intel 2200/2915 Critical Update v9.0.3.0, 10/26/05 and try the steps that I have outlined. Please let me know if it works, if something unexpected happened that I should add, and etcetera.

Thanks
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said by Chuck B :

Hey guys, I'm about to order a Dell Latitude D610 and I could configure it without the Intel 2200 Pro card (reduces the cost by $20)...

This thread has me very leary of Intel's wireless card, so please tell me - would it be a smarter move on my part to order it without the 2200 and simply buy a good PCMCIA wireless nic adapter?
Chuck,

If this were my money, I would add the Intel 2200 Pro. This is a software or configuration problem (not user error), and I'm sure that either the vendor will fix it or the BBR users will :).

It is very convenient to have a Mini-PCI (built-in) card rather than have a PCMCIA/Cardbus card sticking out. Even if you do have to buy a $10 card in the meantime ... eventually you'll be using the internal card without problems.
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said by jrgreene1968 See Profile :

maybe i spoke to soon, just noticed speed dropped to 24mbps browing a pc forum!, then it slowly started coming up, went to 30, then 36 then 48 and then back to 54, not to sure i like that
As long as it doesn't drop to a disconnect, and as long as it doesn't stay at a very low rate, then do not worry about this. This is normal 802.11a/b/g behavior and actually helps you survive interference (man made or natural) that would otherwise disconnect you.

Many wifi utilities do not show this effect to the user, but it occurs constantly and it's normal.
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the z,

are you having problems reconnecting after a disconnect (whatever the cause) or a standby-resume cycle? I found that while sometimes the wireless adapter has problem getting back to work once the connection (WPA2-PSK in my case) has been lost, this is easily fixed (at least for the moment, touch wood) by disabling the wifi adapter from within the Intel's own connection managing client and then re-enabling it right after that. Do not repair the connection, and do not disable-re-enable the adapter from the Windows interface as it seems it screws things until the next reboot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14863082 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:21:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14855592 anon : same]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14855592 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:41:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14855326 anon : Shit.. It worked just fine for one night and now it started to fuck with me again.. (my usual luck)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14855326 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:08:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14846935 anon : Where do you set the CAM on the 2200bg? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14846935 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:14:01 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14845074 drahnier : To all of you still having problems: Mine went away as soon as I set my 2915abg to CAM mode (= Constant Awareness Mode). This means it no longer tries to save power, running on fill throttle.

I've learned that any power save scheme requires close interplay with a wireless adapter and an access point. So it might really be your access point what is causing all the trouble.

Give CAM a try.

________________________
drahnier]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14845074 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:57:07 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14842969 JTS33 : Actually, I reverted from the latest driver package (9.0.3.0) to the previous one (9.0.2.1) because my laptop seemed to sometimes have trouble reassociating with the AP after resuming from standby. The 9.0.2.1 driver package works great for me. I'll wait until something newer than the 9.0.3.0 driver package to come out before upgrading again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14842969 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:09:38 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14842637 anon : Finally!!!!!! if you still have problems with 2200bg, you should download the latest driver (9.0.3.9)The new driver SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS!!! unbelievable... So, we can now put an end to this thread and close the case... :P

shortcut to new driver: »downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts···tID=1784]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14842637 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:11:46 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14818024 anon : Hey guys, I'm about to order a Dell Latitude D610 and I could configure it without the Intel 2200 Pro card (reduces the cost by $20)...

This thread has me very leary of Intel's wireless card, so please tell me - would it be a smarter move on my part to order it without the 2200 and simply buy a good PCMCIA wireless nic adapter?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14818024 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:24:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14816849 joerd : Thanks for all the help. Solved the problem when I removed the old drivers + Accessconnections. Updated to the latest driver from Intel (not IBM), now it works fine.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14816849 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:37:54 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14803271 The Count : Touch wood WEP 128 seems to be fine with me and the router in my sig. :)
Really anoying, 'cause WAP-PSK with AES works fine when I use Belkin 7050 USB adapter on my desktop.
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said by The Count See Profile :

I wouldn't waste your time with a WinXP reinstall. This is definitely a problem with the 2200BG.
Yep, I figured as much. :) I set the router back to the only security the 2200 can handle -- WEP 64 -- and will get a new wireless NIC soon.
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Problem solved

I installed the new driver for the Centrino Intel Wireless Pro2200BG in my laptop driver version 9.0.3.9]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14794254 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:18:29 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14793884 JTS33 :
said by banditws6 See Profile :

Same probs here. Intel 2200BG in a Dell Inspiron 8600. I was using a Linksys WRT54G (v2) router and recently bought a D-Link DI-624. I've had the same issues with both routers so I figure it is the laptop or, more specifically after reading this thread, the wireless NIC.
It seems to be a combination of the laptop and wireless NIC, being that a majority of the problem reports appear to be from those with certain Dell laptops.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14793884 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:28:17 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14792844 marathonmike : Ok I'm a sucker. I'm trying the new release. Seems ok so far....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14792844 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:01:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14791497 banditws6 : Same probs here. Intel 2200BG in a Dell Inspiron 8600. I was using a Linksys WRT54G (v2) router and recently bought a D-Link DI-624. I've had the same issues with both routers so I figure it is the laptop or, more specifically after reading this thread, the wireless NIC.

When I first got the machine, I found it was bluescreening constantly if I used WPA security on my router. In fact, 64-bit WEP is the only security setting I could use that resulted in flawless operation of the laptop's wireless connection. I spent hours on the phone with one of Dell's India-based techs to arrive at the conclusion that, yes, the drivers for the 2200BG are garbage. Since I could get it working at low-strength security, Dell wouldn't do anything else about it.

To this day, I still have the same problem with stronger wireless security models. If I try to use higer security, such as WPA PSK-TKIP, my laptop won't correctly pull an IP from the DHCP server. Router logs show that the correct IP was doled out, but the laptop will use a 169.xx fallback address and claim "Limited or no connectivity." But if I set up the IP address, gateway and DNS servers manually, it works fine!

...Except that it drops the wireless connection several times a day. It promptly reconnects, claims everything is fine with 100% signal strength, but I can't get anywhere. Can't hit websites, can't ping other machines on the LAN, nothing. If I "repair" the wireless network connection, suddenly it starts working again. When this happens, myriad TCP/IP related errors appear in the system log, but nothing that's helped me track down a fix.

Thinking about reinstalling WinXP from scratch and trying the latest 2200BG drivers. Intel suggested I get OEM-specific network drivers from my laptop manufacturer (Dell), but when I downloaded the latest drivers from Dell's site, they would not install -- some kind of error related to SMBIOS if I recall correctly. I did a manual driver update via Device Manager, but who knows if it worked correctly.

Frustrating crap.
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Anyone else noticed this?
I am running the latest driver 9.0.3.9
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F/W:F5D7633-4Av1_UK_1.00.11]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14789302 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:47:09 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14769347 SkiJunkie : solution for this problem is to remove the card , take out biggest possible hammer and release all your anger :D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14769347 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:34:04 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14752343 dananderson : My problem was with the (POS) Intel PRO 2200 bg on a Dell laptop with WPA enabled. When I would run AdAware, I get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I was running version 8.x of the drivers, so upgraded to 9.x (recommended for WPA). With 9.x, the 2200 wouldn't recognized any access points (the AP was still working with my other laptop). A suggested workaround was to use WEP instead of WPA, which is not acceptable for my situation.

My solution was to upgrade to Intel PRO Wireless 2915 WLAN 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card. This card works fine (with the 9.x drivers). No BSOD! WPA works!

Dell doesn't even offer the 2200 any longer--just it's own brand or the 2915. Too much of a support headache I guess!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14752343 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:12:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14752281 dananderson : You're right Flashback, the Intel PRO 2200 bg is a POS. Do a search for 2200 and you'll find lots of problems. It's nice it works for some though, but that doesn't help everyone else.

My problem was with the Intel PRO 2200 bg on a Dell laptop with WPA enabled. When I would run AdAware, I get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I was running version 8.x of the drivers, so upgraded to 9.x (recommended for WPA). With 9.x, the 2200 wouldn't recognized any access points (the AP was still working with my other laptop). A suggested workaround was to use WEP instead of WPA, which is not acceptable for my situation.

My solution was to upgrade to Intel PRO Wireless 2915 WLAN 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card. This card works fine (with the 9.x drivers). No BSOD! WPA works!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14752281 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:07:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14727329 JTS33 :
said by x-es :

what about the new released driver?? 9.0.3.0

»downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts···tID=1784
I updated from 9.0.2.1 to 9.0.3.0. Works fine for me...don't notice anything different.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14727329 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:30:15 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14725106 anon : what about the new released driver?? 9.0.3.0

»downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts···tID=1784]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14725106 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:42:34 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14668279 SVG1 : By any chance did you install the intel proset wireless driver ?

Most pc's do not come preloaded with the proset driver because it can conflict with WZC .

The only driver needed is the first driver on the list . The wireless Lan adapter driver .
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After letting Windows control all connections, the problems all went away.

Other thought:
Does the wireless hardware look OK in the Device Manager?

Edit: This should really be a new thread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14663008 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:14:36 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14662027 anon : I got that, thank you Jim. It doesn't help however. It looks like some sort of driver incompatibility. I'll keep you posted.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14662027 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:24 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14661638 JimPletcher : In ThinkPad Configuration look under Add-In Devices and make sure the wireless card is Enabled

ThinkPad Configuration should be under Access IBM in the All Programs list.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14661638 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:55:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14661102 anon : Thanks Louis, but I couldn't find this box. Checked the BIOS, too, to no avail. If you have any further ideas, I'd love to hear about them...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14661102 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:22:51 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14653252 ferreter : You might have to enable it in your BIOS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14653252 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:35:50 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14652051 louis_edm : Hi joerd,

For my T41, I did the following to be able to turn the card on and off via Access Connections:

1. Open Control Panel (Start menu...)
2. Open Network Connections
3. Right click on your wireless connection, then select properties.
4. Go through the tabs at the top. In one of the tabs, there will be a box that you can select that says something to the effect of "allow other programs to control this connection" or something like that. It was a long time ago... Check this box.
5. Reboot your computer. When you're back up and running, you should be able to turn the card on and off using Access Connections instead of the windows program.

Hope that works.

Cheers!
L.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14652051 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:45:20 EDT Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on Thinkpad T42 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645581 anon : I have a Thinkpad T42, with the Intel 2200 BG. I use IBM's ThinkVantage, and all the latest drivers. However, I cannot turn the radio on. Any suggestions?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645581 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:52:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645467 jpark : I don't know how that would change anything. Mine was manufactured in Feb. 2005. I'm connecting to a belkin router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645467 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:35:26 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645369 jferrante : I've had similar problems with my new notebook. (Quanta KN1) The card was manufactured in August 2005. I replaced it with one that was made July 2004 and it works well now.

I got that idea because my previous notebook was about a year old (Dell/Compal) and had no problems.

FYI: I'm connecting through a Belkin pre-n router that has a weaker signal than my old Linksys WRT54G.

Jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14645369 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:18:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14642411 jpark : I got rid of my Intel (2915abg) card for connection issues which can not be resolved. With a good signal, connection speed will drop. When connection speed drops to 1mbps, the connection is effectively dropped. Reconnection re-establishes the connection speed (for a time). Connection speed with these cards varies wildly for no apparent reason. The transmit signal strength is another issue. By default, (not the default setting) the card uses about 40% of the available power. You can change that but it doesn't stay changed. If you are using the Intel utility to manage the card, it will lie -- showing 'excellent quality' when in fact the connection is very poor and about to fail.

I don't think it is a hardware problem. The hardware seems capable. I think Intel deliberately cripples the cards to save power. I think they are hung up on their low power usage 'centrino' technology, to the point that their cards are mostly useless.

Since I replaced my Intel with an Atheros, I have had no problems with connections. Even a very poor signal doesn't disconnect. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14642411 Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:04:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14642059 louis_edm : Hey folks,

I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem I've had with BOTH the 2200BG and 2100.. cards:

My connection will be lost suddenly and without reason every 10 minutes or so. This is regardless of the access point I'm connecting to. It also happens even if there's only one connection on the channel, so it's not interference. Signal strength is always excellent-- it happens even if I'm sitting right next to an access point.

I haven't been able to find one consistent course of action that causes the brief disconnection. Sometimes it's while I'm using the network, sometimes it's after it's been idle for a while, sometimes it's while it's sitting idle, without me trying to use it again.

I've loaded the most recent drivers for both cards, this doesn't help. Turning off the power management features does nothing either.

I have an IBM Thinkpad T41 with XP Pro.

I looked at the connection quality using NetStumbler. There is no gradual drop in signal strength or signal speed (speed judged by windows' messages), but every now and then there will be a 'blip', where the connection dies and is then re-established.

I've tried running both cards with Wireless Zero, and with IBM's provided Access Connections. The problem occurs for both.

Another symptom demonstrating the problem: if I'm in iTunes, I can watch some other people on the network - every ten minutes or so, they'll all disappear for a second and then reappear, indicative of a lost and reestablished connection.

I've spoken with other people who access the same networks with other computers. Apples have flawless connections. Another person has a tablet PC with a 2200BG, and he claims he hasn't had any problems with his connection. I still have to witness it for myself.

I'm at wits end here, and would appreciate any help you folks can offer. I don't know if the problem is software or laptop hardware, or if it's just Intel chipsets in general that are POSs. I'm considering looking at an Atheros card, but the fact that two different (albeit both Intel) cards give the same problem make me hesitant since this might not fix the problem, but cost more $$$.

Oh yes, I've also tried some of the other suggestions posed in this thread, minus tossing the piece of garbage out the window or buying a new laptop. My warranty period is gone, so replacement is out of the question.

HELP!!!!!!!!!

Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14642059 Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:18:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14637250 anon : maybe i spoke to soon, just noticed speed dropped to 24mbps browing a pc forum!, then it slowly started coming up, went to 30, then 36 then 48 and then back to 54, not to sure i like that, keeps doin it im going back to my d-link card, it never acted up, i just didnt like the card hanging out]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14637250 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:38:10 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14633918 anon : just installed a 2200 bg in my dell, its working good, almost 4000k down,using the latest intel drivers, guess i should just hope it keeps working huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14633918 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:17:29 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14632562 anon : Just got a Thinkpad R51 with the intel 220 BG-- a linksys card worked fine until I updated the IBM drivers (latest set). Now both the linksys and the 2200BG connect...disconnect..connect..disconnect...they're impossible to use. This is using version 9.0.2.31. I uninstalled the 2200 driver, reinstalled the linksys, and again it works fine.. Man, intel is pathetic!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14632562 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 07:40:24 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14621504 JTS33 :
said by danx See Profile :

Version 9 fixed the problem but I have lost the Icon

Go into control panel --> network connections.
Right click your wireless network icon.
Check the box for display connection icon (or similar).

If the box is already checked, uncheck it, save, and go back in and check it.
The next time ProSet reloads, it will just uncheck it again. So if you want the Windows network connection icon while using ProSet, you'll have to recheck it manually every time you restart your computer.

If you go into ProSet and choose the option to let Windows manage the connection instead (thus disabling ProSet), then the Windows network connection icon option will stay checked. Actually, ProSet enables the Windows network connection icon for you when you disable ProSet. :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14621504 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:17:30 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14620150 danx : Version 9 fixed the problem but I have lost the Icon

Go into control panel --> network connections.
Right click your wireless network icon.
Check the box for display connection icon (or similar).

If the box is already checked, uncheck it, save, and go back in and check it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14620150 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:32:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14568333 jpark : I've found that the best way to fix the problems with the Intel cards is to remove the card and throw it away.

Using an Atheros now which works well all the time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14568333 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:38:17 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14568292 marathonmike : Well, I WAS a believer in the latest Intel software, but it came to an end. I suddenly began to have connect problems (no changes to my system that I know of?) I tried repairing the installation and went though those painful anxious moments when my system wouldn't boot etc. Finally uninstalled the Intel management stuff and just left the driver.
Seems like everything is fine now using windows zero config.
I think I learned my lesson.
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said by Ex-Isp :
FWIW, the IBM 802.11a/b/g cards are Atheros chipset based (had them in an R40 I setup for my brother recently), which work well on XP but are a real pain to get setup in FC3 Linux.
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just wondering.....did you ever manage to get madwifi or ndiswrapper working with wpa-supplicant in FC3 or any other distro? I got it working with some airlink+ awlh3015 cards but I couldn't remove the module without a kernel panic, including on shutdown/reboot. Tried in FC4 and Ubuntu(debian) until I was totally disgusted. In Ubuntu it would authenticate and work fine until the key timed out then it would be dead until removing and reinserting the module. I considered the prepackaged kernels I was using had left out something critical and I'm no stranger to recompiling a kernel but the prospect of having to do that as well killed the usability aspect for me.(former gentoo user ;) )
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Anyone have heat issues with the 2200BG?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14486715 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:44:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14480750 Oregonian : Installed the updated driver and it seems to be working just fine -- of course, I wasn't having any problems before, so YMMV.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14480750 Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:35:53 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14476210 macyh : Interesting to read this thread. Feel like I'm missing somethere here. Perhaps it's a problem with the most recent verions of the Intel 2200bg card.

I'm connected right now via wireless on my IBM T42 (WinXP and Centrino) with an Intel 2200BG hardware v 1.1.3 Driver ver 9.0.1.21 that's working fine for me to my 802.11b router upstairs and my WRT54G downstairs at the other end of the house. This machine is dual boot to Fedora Core 3 Linux, the wireless works fine that way, too.

FWIW, the IBM 802.11a/b/g cards are Atheros chipset based (had them in an R40 I setup for my brother recently), which work well on XP but are a real pain to get setup in FC3 Linux.
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Ex-telco tech, network engineer and former ISP Owner]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14476210 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:12:18 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14475275 jbollt : I agree about Centrino. That must be some part of the problem. I have the Intel 2200B/G in my Toshiba, 2435-S255, about 3 years old, and it works fine. Just needed to do "the tape over pin # 11" trick ...Constant 54Mbps and excellent signal quality, but in my Dell Latitude C600, build date unknown, as I bought it used, but I think also 3 years old, very fast signal and speed degration. Anyone know what date Centrino started?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14475275 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:01:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14474828 ferreter : For those with Dell laptops and are still having problems after updating the firmware and using Proset to set the output power to 'maximum', you might want to try updating or uninstalling Dell Quickset. It tries to handle power management and does not do a good job.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14474828 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:43:07 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14471748 JTS33 : The funny thing is...it seems most of the problems with the 2200BG are in laptop models that were made for Centrino. I have my 2200BG in a Toshiba laptop that pre-dates even the first Centrino (2100B), and it's working great.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14471748 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:46:01 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14470256 Oregonian : To those of you who are still having problems with this card in a Dell Inspiron 6000, I noticed today that, as of 9/23/05, Dell has posted an updated driver. Get R107434.EXE from »support.dell.com. One of the issues this release fixes is said to be "Roaming behavior improvements in dense AP environments."

I have not yet tried this update but will once I return home.

If anyone does give it a try, please post your results here for all to see.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14470256 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:53:24 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14469428 jbollt : FYI, I solved my problem with the Intel 2200BG, I installed a card with the Atheros chipset. There is currently a seller on eBay that has several for sale at $12.xx + shipping! Go for it!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14469428 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:53:28 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14466174 anon : i still have the same problem.

i updated the drivers.
i have tried both windows zero config & intel proset.

when i check the Task Manager -> Network Utilization it is always a really low %.

Why is this going on!??! I cant stream video over my network.

IT SUCKS!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14466174 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:52:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14460015 anon : ViR, is it possible that the card is disabled in the BIOS? I had this happen once and the solution was to go into the BIOS and turn it on there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14460015 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:21:36 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14458950 ViR : Driver that comes with the laptop doesnt have any application, so Windows's "Wireless network connection" is doing all the work. And, like I mentioned, it was working on my G WLAN at home, but not at school.

jpark, device is enabled, and I fully uninstalled the WLAN Card, and reinstalled everything from 0 couple of times already.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14458950 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:30:44 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14455983 anon : Happyman, thank you for the information. Your suggestion for the latest drivers worked wonders for my 2200 BG connection. One thing to add, at least for my experience, is that I had to turn on the Wireless Zero Configuration service since it did not automatically start. I have a HP nc6120, running a fully patched XP Pro installation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14455983 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:31:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14454886 jpark : If the device is disabled, go the the device manager, right click the device, and select 'Enable' in the pop up menu.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14454886 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:36:57 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14454096 yock :
said by ViR See Profile :

Vlad
What is the make and model of your notebook? Does your manufacturer have a product-specific driver based off of the newest reference driver from Intel?
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After I put new HDD and reisntalled Windows.
I dont remember which drivers I had before, but this morning I was at home connecting to my router thru Windows no problem. But my 2200BG doesnt want to pickup my university wireless network. "No networks in range"

I was using just Windows, so I installed 9.0.2.31 driver and software from Intel site's and the applications says "The Intel Pro/Wireless Network connection is still disabled. Use your hardware switch to enable it" everytime I try to switch "Wireless on".

Ive fully reinstalled all the drivers and soft, but still no effect. Also playing with hardware "On-Off" switch doesnt help.

Any ideas? Thanks

Vlad]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14453979 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:26:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14444269 anon : I did find a "power management" setting in the advanced part of the proset software. I have it set to Maximum. Is that what you mean by "turning it off"?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14444269 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:25:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14444244 anon : Marathonmike:
Where is this "power management" setting? I think you're right, but I haven't found it. Is it somewhere in the control panel? I found generalized power "schemes" but I can't find anything that specifically refers to wifi.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14444244 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:18:41 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14441194 SkiJunkie : write an email to intel and complain ---- this would probably wound not do anything , they should fix this annoying @ss problem ! ........ dam corporations

hopefully this is a software or driver problem ! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14441194 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:55:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14440932 anon : I´ve tried to manage with the dropping connections with this piece of shit that they call a "wi-fi card" and i´ve solved why and when the connection drops etc. But still, i don´t have the education that would tell me how to fix it.. so, the connection drops/slows down when downloading files on very high speed (dsl > 10mbs) or via private network. It doesn´t slow down or anything when i´m using only a small percentage of that 54mbs maximum..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14440932 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:06:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14438870 yock : The latest driver update to my card from IBM seems to have solved the problem. I suggest anyone having further problems check their driver version against the latest one on your laptop manufacturer's website. Check that one against Intel's latest reference driver to see if it's new enough.
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Looks like I wrote too soon. Last night I pulled the plug on the laptop, leaving it on battery, and took it to the bedroom to prepare for the night. I left it sit on battery while I got ready and when I came back it had gone to sleep. When I woke it up, the connection was made, excellent signal, then lost with "no signal", then made, then lost, then made, then lost....You get the idea. Nothing I did would change it or get the connection back. So I just shut it down for the night.

This morning I booted back up and it said there was no wireless card!! Fn/F2 didn't turn on the light. I went to bios and turned it on there, then it came up on boot, but like last night it was there, then not, then there, .... etc. I realized that, other than being closer to the router than last night, there was one other thing different -- I was running on battery. I plugged in the power adapter and, viola, I now have a steady, good connection again! The wifi light did spontaneously go out once, but the connection was not lost. Toggling with Fn/F2 twice turned the light back on and now it seems steady. The saga continues.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14438622 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:33:41 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437096 anon : I found this thread a couple of days ago. I may have solved my problem, so I thought I'd write and maybe something here will help somebody else.

I've been having a heck of a time with a new Inspiron 6000 with a PRO/Wireless 2200, hardware version 2.1.3. I'm running a Linksys WRT54G with firmware version 4.20.6 (latest), the high gain antenna kit, running in WPA2 mode with AES encryption.

The symptoms are similar to what many others have mentioned, and maybe a couple extra:
Good initial connection
WiFi light goes out all by itself after a minute or so, even though the connection is still live. Toggling Fn/F2 twice turns it back on.
Speed varies quite a bit with no apparent cause - no change in position, no interfering appliances, etc.
Connecting dropped with no apparent cause. Sometimes connection reestablishes, sometimes it's gone for 5-10 maddening minutes and then comes back spontaneously with 54Mb speed!!

I started out assuming trouble with router, since I was also having **very** slow speed on my desktop system connected by wire to the router. linksys eventually agreed it was probably hardware problem. I got it replaced. Guess what? Same trouble. Turned out it seems it was some sort of problem with wire connection running at 100Mb. I set the interface to 10Mb and all trouble cleared up.

I still had trouble losing connection. I bought the high-gain antenna kit from Linksys. Seemed to help at distance with signal strength as seen by Net Stumbler.
I downloaded the latest software from Dell, driver 9.0.2.25. No help.
Eventually I called Dell and spoke with a friendly guy in India named 'Jim' (!!). He talked me through re-seating the wifi card and antenna connections. It seemed to help for a while, but then everything went back to the way it was. I repeated the operation just to be sure. No dice. Sigh.

Now things got really weird. I took the thing to work where there's an open, unencrypted network. It seemed to work fine there! I have access to a Dell Latitude D810 with the same wireless card, running driver 9.0.0.61. It worked fine at home also, although it did seem to lose speed somewhat.

I took my laptop in to work two more days and it ran fine at full speed for the full 8 hours on both days. Something's sure fishy.

To rub salt in the wound, today I looked up the paperwork and found I was a couple of days past the 30 days on the Dell, so now I have no option but to fix the thing, can't send it back. Thing is, I really like the laptop, it's just the wireless that's giving trouble. The time got away from me because I don't have very many 2-3 hour slots to work on this and with all the screwing around with the router, the time just slipped away. Anyway, I digress.

Today, spurred on by comments on this thread, I downloaded the latest driver from Intel itself, driver 9.0.2.31, which seemed to have solved all the problems for a couple of the other members of this thread. Just to keep giving me false hopes, it seemed to be working great - for a while. Then the usual nonsense started again. Slow downs, dropped connections, etc. really frustrating.

Finally this evening I became aware that two other networks I can pick up, especially with Network Stumbler, were running on channel 6, the same one I was using. I had been aware of this, but assumed since their signals were much weaker than mine they would cause no trouble. Tonight I switched to channel 11 and -- guess what -- I've had a good solid 48-54Mb connection working at good speed for over 2 hours straight, and I'm near the maximum distance from the router I would normally be at.

So at this point, it appears the most trouble has been caused by the interference from other routers. I live in a rural area with the houses pretty far apart. What would happen if I lived in an apartment and was surrounded with a dozen access points?

somewhere along the line, after I discovered it worked at work, I had also switched off all the WPA stuff and ran a completely unprotected router - that didn't really matter.

Believe it or not, this is a very abbreviated version of all the grief I went through -- it's been over a month, after all -- so many details are probably omitted. I'm not sure the change in channels is the ONLY thing that helped, it may be that it was just the last thing of several that were necessary. I'm typing this on the wireless machine so we'll see if I can send it!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437096 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:11:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14427263 jbollt : I have to laugh! I read the forum title this morning as Intel pro/wireless 2200 "BIG" Problems! LOL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14427263 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:38:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14426552 jbollt : Morning all! I've got a clear head this morning, after DAYS of fighting with the Intel 2200BG, and am ready to bite the bullet, and purchase a Atheros mini pci card. Can anyone confirm that this card doesn't exhibit the same speed decreases as the intel card in the Dell Latitude C600? Or at least anyone who has a laptop with the intel card that had problems that was fixd by switching to the Atheros card? Thanks for all comments and help, as I have now spent WAY too much time on this issue.

Jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14426552 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:52:25 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14425315 anon : Does anyone have the wireless from microsoft. I have the same problem with the disconnections where it goes from 54 to 1... did anyone ever find out a total solution?

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14425315 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:10:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14422440 No_Strings : Do yourself a favor and adjust the RWIN as the test suggests. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14422440 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:24:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421593 Flashback1 : Oh well, one mans POS is anothers chocolate pudding. Enjoy! LOL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421593 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:29:53 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421500 Inflex :
said by Flashback1 See Profile :

Send that POS back and get a Compaq from HP. They offer a 30 day no questions asked return policy. Just make sure it doesn't have that card.
Here's another POS item that I haven't had a single problem with. My 6000 has been my most reliable machine.

Wow, I just must be the luckiest guy in the world to not be having any issues with all this equipment you declare is a POS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421500 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:16:07 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421330 Flashback1 : Send that POS back and get a Compaq from HP. They offer a 30 day no questions asked return policy. Just make sure it doesn't have that card. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421330 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:50:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421068 Jammy : I cannot connect period! I have a Dell Inspiron 6000, P4 1.73 GHz

If I cannot get this lappie working by tomorrow noon I am just gonna send this sucker back to Dell.

Jammy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14421068 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:07:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14419049 SkiJunkie : 1. Your Tweakable Settings:
Receive Window (RWIN): 17520
Window Scaling: off
Path MTU Discovery: OFF
RFC1323 Window Scaling: OFF
RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF
Selective Acks: ON
MSS requested: 1460
TTL: unknown
TTL remaining: 116
2. Test 146000 byte download
Actual data bytes sent: 146000
Actual data packets: 100
Max packet sent (MTU): 1500
Max packet recd (MTU): 1500
Retransmitted data packets: 0
sacks you sent: 0
pushed data pkts: 15
data transmit time: 0.525 secs
our max idletime: 93.5 ms
transfer rate: 137514 bytes/sec
transfer rate: 1100 kbits/sec
This is not a speed test!
transfer efficiency: 100%
3. ICMP (ping) check
Target unpingable

Notes and recommendations:
Choose RWIN between 29200 and 75920 (FAQ #586)
download/use DRTCP .. (FAQ #578)
Read the tweak FAQ

Notes and recommendations:
:)Good data stream (no/few rexmits)

Notes and recommendations:
Become pingable
if you need basic packet loss tests done
Check tweak FAQ

I have a cable provider which is Rogerss , i am on express which is 3mbps dwnl and 400 up ..... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14419049 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:34:18 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418079 anon : changed the channel to 7 - adjusted the power management to highest - set wireless mode to g only and set the ap to broadcast the SSID and no more drops and high signal rates all the time as opposed to before when I had no issues the signal strength would be low most of the time even though the AP was 15 feet away.

From playing with this and wpa in linux I know some cards have issues with non-broadcast ssids. From what I hear the ssid is broadcast in plain text anyway so minimal loss compared to the advantages of wpa. Im using a 63 character pass wpa-psk tkip with a POS ar315w flashed with hawking firmware (only way to get 63 char. pass) and a 2200bg in a dell latitude c640 a9 bios running win XP sp2/ubuntu linux with ipw2200 and wpa_supplicant.

Last post I lost connection at least twice - now no problems at all(fingers crossed)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418079 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:20:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14417965 anon : You guys jinxed me! I just started getting serious problems with this card. It will totally drop the connection out of the blue. It was getting an error about incorrect passphrase(wpa-psk tkip) but I rolled back the driver to the previous one 9.0.2.0 and now it stays connected better but still just drops off. Many times it just drops as soon as I attempt to use it after a period of non-usage. Choosing wireless off and then on again always brings it around but this happens maybe 10 times in 9 hours.
I checked all other hardware settings and they change nothing. I'm about to try to go back even further to an 8.0 driver. I had no problems at all with this while using wep. I ruled out my AP with other wireless systems that operate fine and dont drop at all.

I bought some POS awlh4030 cards and thought they sucked but this is turning out less reliable than those cards with WPA enabled. smh

I did manage to get my signal at the maximum though. Its dropped 4 times in the time it took me to read this thread and post this. Just dropped now for a second. It seems to be coming back up on its own at least now. That's an improvement.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14417965 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:49:15 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14417449 No_Strings : What did the tweak test report? What is your RWIN setting?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14417449 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:06:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414772 SkiJunkie : does anyone have the same problem like me which is slow download speed when using wireless , my signal seems better now since it stays at 48 and 54 most of the time but the download speed is very low !:(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414772 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:30:25 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414656 jbollt : jpark: No.it is not a centrino system In fact, I had to do the "tape connector #11" trick to get it to work in the Toshiba, and it works PERFECTLY!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414656 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:12:41 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414601 jpark : Just curious. Is the system on which the Intel wireless works well a centrino branded system?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14414601 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:04:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14413886 jbollt : I was using a belkin 54mbps router (F5D7230-4) v 1444, till this morning, when their firmware update fried the router!!!! Luckily, my son had a extra Netgear WGR614. Belkin is sending me a new one overnight!

Anyway, I am using the current Intel driver, 9.0.2.31 and even with the Netgear router, same lousey speed drops. What doesn't make any sense to me, is that the same card, in my other laptop, works flawlessly...Toshiba. When i switch the cards, still the DELL has teh speed problems. Must be something in the dell. I even reinstalled Windows, with SP1,rather than SP2...same same same.. Only other difference, is Toshiba has Pentium 4 2.4, and Dell has Pentium 3 850. Tried all the available drivers from Dell and Intel, and had windows control, and intel control...NO DIFFERENCE with any config. Also did the power settings....

I'd hate to buy another brand mini pci card and have same problem...And don't want to use the pcmcia slot, where i get good 54 speed all the time.

This just leads to the DELL somehow.........]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14413886 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:32:54 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14406203 JTS33 :
said by jbollt See Profile :

Hi all..I have been reading all this forum , as I just installed a 2200bg in my Dell Latitude C600, and have been experiencing the same frustration as you all have. It starts great at 54Mbps, with excellent signal strength, yet within minutes, it has dropped to 48, then 36 and ultimately 24 or worse...last night.. 11.

The odd thing, is i installed a 2200bg in my Toshiba Satellite 2435-S255 laptop 6 months ago, and have excellent and 54 all the time, maybe only once in a while dropping to 48...thats why i didn't hesitate to buy anothe Intel Pro 2200BG.

This morning i tried an experiment, and swaped the cards between the laptops, expecting to see the "new" 2200bg, continuing to drop speed in the old faitfull Toshiba, but alas! NO! It continues to do just fine, while the Dell continues to drop with the 2200bg that was in the Toshiba, which always did fine. So, at this point, to me,it is not the card, but the laptop!

This would seem to indicate that the motherboard in the dell is what is causing the speed issues.
I don't know how close the Dell C600 and C640 models are to each other, but another 2200BG user "makk" reported good success with the 2200BG in his C640 in this thread:
»Recommend a good mini-pci wireless card?

His post quoted:
another positive experience with a 2200bg here

I have seen driver issues in windows and linux and all were resolved with driver updates. I use wpa fine in both operating systems. I picked up my 2200bg from ebay new for $20. Much better and faster than the linksys wpc11 pcmcia card I was using that used to die in windows from overheating. I am using it with a dell latitude c640. Range is great too.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14406203 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:10:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14399101 jkonrad : I don't have any download problems with this card on my machine or any of the other machines with this card. So I guess I don't have any help for you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14399101 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:16:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14398968 SkiJunkie : the new driver does not fix the problem it just stabilizes the speed a little by keeping it at 48-54 at most times.

-there are still dl speed issues with this card !!1 :mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14398968 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:56:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14398590 jkonrad : jbolt:

It would help to also know what router your are connecting to and what firmware.

Obviously something is "broke" so why not try the new intel driver and see what happens on your Dell - »www.intel.com/support/wireless/w···0623.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14398590 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:04:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397613 jbollt : No apparent change with BIOS update to A23...looking for hotfixes for SP2 re: wireless.

Jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397613 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:54:18 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397534 jbollt : OK.. I updated to BIOS A23, we'll see....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397534 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:42:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397438 jbollt : BIOS A21, power saving settings are now disabled. I willlook to see if Dell has a BIOS update. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397438 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:28:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397398 Flashback1 : I have mentioned before that the laptop may be the problem or motherboard. I have a Toshiba and older Sony and the signal strength is always excellent on the Sony and good on the Toshiba. Checked all obvious things ie power level and so fourth. I even have different wireless cards and the results are the same. I don't think SP2 is a problem as a matter of fact there are several hot fixes for wireless connections in SP2.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397398 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:21:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397373 jbollt : Yes, same drivers...8.0.12.9000 in the Toshiba, no need to change it if it ain't broken. Tried the latest from intel web site on the dell, as well as many older ones...currently using the same as the toshiba, 8.0.12.9000. I have tried to let windows manage, as well as proset, changed the transmit power, and no luck....

I will look at Bios on dell and report back
thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397373 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:18:30 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397322 No_Strings : I wonder if the BIOS is playing a role? The latest for the C600, I think, is A22. Try disabling all of the power saving settings in the BIOS.

Are you using the same Intel driver in both machines?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397322 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:12:09 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397242 jbollt : Hi all..I have been reading all this forum , as I just installed a 2200bg in my Dell Latitude C600, and have been experiencing the same frustration as you all have. It starts great at 54Mbps, with excellent signal strength, yet within minutes, it has dropped to 48, then 36 and ultimately 24 or worse...last night.. 11.

The odd thing, is i installed a 2200bg in my Toshiba Satellite 2435-S255 laptop 6 months ago, and have excellent and 54 all the time, maybe only once in a while dropping to 48...thats why i didn't hesitate to buy anothe Intel Pro 2200BG.

This morning i tried an experiment, and swaped the cards between the laptops, expecting to see the "new" 2200bg, continuing to drop speed in the old faitfull Toshiba, but alas! NO! It continues to do just fine, while the Dell continues to drop with the 2200bg that was in the Toshiba, which always did fine. So, at this point, to me,it is not the card, but the laptop!

This would seem to indicate that the motherboard in the dell is what is causing the speed issues.

I should note that to make the card work in the Toshiba 6 months ago, i hd to do the "tape over pin 11": trick, so i taped the pin 11 today to make the new one work on the Toshiba, and left the tape on the old one, now in the Dell

Comments? Help?

Edit: One other difference, the DELL has WinXP Pro SP2, and teh toshiba WinXP Hone SP1. I would have to re-install Windows to get SP2 off the Dell, I think.

Jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14397242 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:01:44 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14396180 Inflex :
said by Flashback1 See Profile :

Who cares about all this actual speed and so forth. The card is a POS.
A POS? Really?
Well if it's so terrible, I wonder why only a few people have issues when there have been millions of these sold?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14396180 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:27:50 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14391384 anon : quote Flashback: "The card does not have the same range as her older card and Laptop."
First of all, i am a he, not a she, but that's no problem because you couldn't know and Robin is also a girl name in the United States. Second, it is not true that the maximum speed is 27mbps. Wireless b and g are Half Duplex what means that the 54mbps is the total maximum speed. So 27mbps is the maximum speed per direction if you send as many data as you receive. But if the only thing you do is receiving or sending the theoretical speed should be 54mbps with an actual speed of 50mbps.

I'm 100% sure that I am NOT quoting the maximum speed of the window but telling you the actual speed calculated by dividing the file size by the number of seconds to get the MegaBytes/second and than multiply it with 8 to get the speed in Megabits/second. And I'm also 100% sure that my new wireless card has a speed problem.

If you don't believe, fine, I don't care about that, but it's true.

I haven't tested the range yet so it has nothing to do with range. My problem is that my new onboard wireless network card is slower than my old Linksys 54G PCMCIA (I've sold it with my old laptop because I thought I didn't need it anymore).

And last but not least, if you have coverage problems you should buy a Linksys WRT54G (or WRT54GS) and download some boosting firmware like Open-WRT, Hyper-WRT or DD-WRT and boost up the transmit power of your accesspoint!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14391384 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:01:20 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389253 jkonrad : I don't have the interference at home, but do have plenty at work (Takoma Park).

Yeah we are Adelphia too, but soon it will be comcast (at least I have contacts at comcast if things go sour).

I live on an acre, and keep my AP in the basement and do have coverage of the house and the deck. However I do have a total of 5 dbi gain over stock Linksys (but did have that before my Intel Cards). I use the Hyperwrt (Rupan) firmware for a 3db boost and Linksys 7db antennas (I think the original's are 5db gain).

I am going to replace out my wifes internal broadcom card, I haven't decided on the intel or grabbing a newer broadcom chipset.

The intel problems do seem hit or miss, but aren't most electronics :) - Joking aside RF is not as predictable as we would like to think it is.

Ah well maybe I will see you down at J&P's or BWB :) - I better go mow before it gets too hot out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389253 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:07:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389193 Flashback1 : Hello jkonrad, it's nice to hear from someone so close! I assume you are using Adelphia? I don't have any interference issues from neighbors. I live on 6 acres and the closest neighbor's are thousands of yards away.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389193 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:46:58 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389163 jkonrad : My range is better on my 2200 then my 2915. The 2200 in a Sony Z1WA and the 2915 in a Sony s480.

The 2200 has better range then my Agere/Lucent card in my Toshiba, the 2915 is about the same.

The 2915 and 2200 has better range then the Broadcom based card in my wifes laptop (and actually function better out of standby).

As for interference, it will reduce range very much. So if someones neighbor gets a new 2.4Ghz phone it can cause problems, and of course with so many people hiding their SSID's, it makes it near impossible (but not impossible) in an AP rich environment for most to determine who is running what on which channel, which of course means that if someone nearby Robin added an AP or phone it can reduce their range.

Range is also affected by antenna placement, some laptops have better placement of antennas, or they get better coverage by a less "sturdy" case that doesn't interfere with the antenna. It could also be the antenna leads are not attached correctly.

Personally I don't think the cards are a POS, all mine operate fine (at work I use about a dozen of them, and about 2 dozen various other brands in an interference rich environment). The only issue I have had is with the Linksys WRT54G routers and the newer drivers from intel. Until Linksys fixed the issue in their firmware I ran driver 8.0. Now it is no longer an issue, speed and connections are stable and I am running Intel's latest driver. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389163 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:35:46 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389078 Flashback1 : Who cares about all this actual speed and so forth. The card is a POS. Did you hear what Robin was explaining? The card does not have the same range as her older card and Laptop. What does interference have to do with that? I think someone should try to determine what kind of laptop's are working fine with this card and what they are comparing their results to.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389078 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:47:44 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388961 jbibe :
said by Robin-29837438 :

The speed was always around 50mbps. Without encryption it was a little faster, and with encryption a little slower. And every time I recognized that the speed of the wireless was always half speed compared to wired (Duh 50Mbps is half of 100Mbps).

Also the speed NEVER dropped lower than 48Mbps when I was close to the router (5 meter and no walls). And the WPC54G was very reliable (stable speed).
Your claim of more than 50 Mb/s with a WRT54G and WPC54G is very hard to believe, since it exceeds the theoretical maximum by a factor of two. 802.11g (g-only mode) provides a maximum link rate of 54 Mb/s, a maximum TCP rate of about 24 Mb/s, and maximum UDP rate of about 30 Mb/s. These rates assume 1500-byte packets, encryption, zero packet errors, and maximum available channel bandwidth. Actual rates will be lower than these maximum rates due to various factors such as noise in the environment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388961 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:10:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386696 JTS33 : The only time i've seen anyone claim they can get 50mbps+ actual transfer speed out of standard 802.11g 54mbps gear (i.e. without any proprietary speed enhancements) is when they confuse the reported connection speed for the actual transfer speed ("it says I'm transferring at 54mbps").]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386696 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:59:40 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386484 anon : Yes I am sure. I have transferred many times files with my old laptop with WPC54G via my WRT54G to my server. All my wired connections in the house are Full Duplex 100Mbps.

So the connection between router and server was Full Duplex 100Mbps and between router and laptop was 54Mbps.

The speed was always around 50mbps. Without encryption it was a little faster, and with encryption a little slower. And every time I recognized that the speed of the wireless was always half speed compared to wired (Duh 50Mbps is half of 100Mbps).

Also the speed NEVER dropped lower than 48Mbps when I was close to the router (5 meter and no walls). And the WPC54G was very reliable (stable speed).

If the shop or ACER cannot solve my problem because the Intel Pro Wireless 2200 is just a piece of trash made by stupid people then I will buy a WPC54G again because then I am sure that I buy quality.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386484 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:20:43 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386090 jbibe : The best speed that I have seen quoted for a WRT54G and a WPC54G is 21 Mb/s with WEP disabled. Look at the review of the WRT54G at www.tomsnetworking.com for additional information.

Are you certain that you are not quoting the connection speed? That is, the speed shown when you place the cursor over the wireless icon in the tray.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14386090 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:12:10 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14385832 anon : Yes, that's what I mean. But it is NOT true that a 54Mb/s device will produce an actual speed of about 18Mb/s!!!
My first laptop had a Linksys 54G PCMCIA Card. When I was close to the router (5 meters without walls) the speed was always 54Mb/s. Ofcourse 54Mb/s is not possible since you have encryption, error checking and acknowledge information. So let say that the actual speed will be around 50Mb/s. But 1/3 of the advertised speed is NOT NORMAL.

Maybe it is normal for an Intel Pro Wireless 2200 but then I want my money back or a diffrent Wireless 54G card.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14385832 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:21:21 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384689 jbibe :
said by Robin-29837438 :

... still that slow speed (looks like 18MBits instead of 54MBits)
The transfer speed is about 1/3 the advertised speed under ideal conditions. A 54Mb/s device will produce an actual speed of about 18Mb/s, maybe a little more, maybe a little less.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384689 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:28:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384676 anon : I've tested my speed by downloading some file from my local network server via HTTP (No bandwidth limits or what so-ever) and the speed is never higher than 2MB/sec (Which is 16MBits) very close, like I said, it feels like 18MBits instead of 54MBits.

I think it is in some power saving mode since the Intel Pro Wireless 2200 is usually on Centrino laptops which are famous because of their low power usage, but by downgrading the speed is NOT the way they should lower power usuage!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384676 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:26:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384641 anon : Upgrading my Linksys WRT54G to 4.20.7 didn't solved the problem. Maybe it is more stable, but still that slow speed (looks like 18MBits instead of 54MBits)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14384641 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:17:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14383483 jkonrad : Once I upgraded the Linksys WRT54G to the 4.2.60 firmware things have been fine no matter which driver I run on any of my 2200 and 2915 cards.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14383483 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:15:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14383350 anon : I have the same problem. Yesterday I bought an Acer Travelmate 4602 with an Intel Pro 2200 Wireless Network Card. I have a Linksys WRT54G for the wireless

The connection in the Status Window is 54MBits but when I transfer a file from my desktop to my wireless laptop the transfer speed is always like it is 18MBits.

I'm pretty sure that the Intel Pro 2200 is the problem because before I had a laptop with a Linksys 54G PCMCIA Card and that always worked fine!
Tried the same as everyone else. Upgrading to the newest drivers and also tried version 8.0.12.20000. Version 8.0.12.20000 was the best and with all other versions the speed is slower but in the window it shows always 54MBits!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14383350 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:38:09 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14375444 anon : Hi,
I have a problem with my Intel pro/wireless. First, I'm not sure if it's a 2200BG or a 2100mini, so I downloaded both drivers for it. I saw on the net that it should be a 2200BG which comes with my laptop, but when I try to install it's driver, it says not compatible. So I tried the 2100's driver and it works fine. So does it proves that I have a 2100 or it installed another driver than it's hardware?

Second, I'm actually connected to my Speedstream 6520 wireless modem, but I cant get it on the Internet. I tried with the ethernet cable and it worked. It's only the wireless part which cant get me on the Internet even when it says I'm connected with the unit. I called my ISP (sympatico) and they say maybe it's a problem with Intel, and that I can configure it to be compatible. So just to be sure, is it a problem with the modem or my card? What can I do to fix it?
Really need help... wasted 2 entire days for that.

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14375444 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:23:39 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14362044 JoeyDee : Your neighbor's router, or other RF in the area (portable phones, etc.) is driving the speed down. I fixed mine with a killer antenna. (My apartment complex is rife with NAPs)

And, put the router in the middle of the are you hope to cover.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14362044 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:51:49 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14360069 JTS33 : About the transmit power control...I noticed that it adjusts based on the conditions. When I bring my laptop further away from my WAP, it will automatically increase its transmit power to maintain a good signal. When I'm close to my WAP, it will reduce power while still maintaing a good signal. Intelligent power control...

I can still adjust the transmit power to be lower, but I can't turn it higher than the card thinks is necessary. For example, if I'm relatively close to my WAP and 10.0mW is all my 2200BG needs to maintain an excellent signal, I can still turn down the transmit power to 5.0mW or 1.0mW. But I can't make it go higher than 10.0mW...anything past the 3rd setting on the sliding scale is the same 10.0mW.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14360069 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 04:52:16 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14358093 Flashback1 : Good for you Dan.:D It doesn't take a rocket scientist to draw that conclusion. HP will say you will have to send your computer back for them to give you a different card. When you agree they will put you with a Manager that will send you what you want No Charge.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14358093 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:39:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357974 Good Ol Dan : After much pain and anguish with two IBM T42 laptops that used the 2200BG wireless card... and after trying what seemed like countless drivers and different configurations... I told IBM that I wanted different wireless cards, even if they only supported 802.11b. IBM finally supplied two new IBM-branded 802.11a/b/g cards, and ever since the machines have had bulletproof wireless operation.

The 2200BG is just one incredibly bad POS.

Dan]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357974 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:24:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357892 Flashback1 : I have seen many post's here where all things have not fixed their problem. I bought an HP Compaq in march 2005 and yes, they have a 30 day no questions return policy and this will take all but 10 minutes on the phone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357892 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:13:34 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357842 No_Strings :
said by Flashback1 See Profile :

Look at all the post's ...
I did. In doing so, I concluded that SkiJunkie See Profile's problem does not seem to be the same as the others. Hence, my suggestions.
said by Flashback1 See Profile :

Who needs to risk it when they can get out with no hastle?
Waiting for an RMA and jumping through whatever hoops HP puts in the way seems to be more of a hassle than adjusting the RWIN setting or loading a driver, but that's just how I do things.

Calling HP to investigate the options or to at least log an incident is probably a good idea in any case.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357842 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:07:22 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357774 Flashback1 : I am not trying to convince him to exchange. I am trying to help him get a different model all together. Distance yourself from this card a possible motherboard]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357774 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:57:38 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357754 Flashback1 : Look at all the post's by God. I would clasify this as a

bad engine or transmission. Who needs to risk it when

they can get out with no hastle?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357754 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:53:57 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357652 No_Strings : Flat tire. Demand a new car.

Some of the issues could exist regardless of the card in use. I think it's prudent to eliminate some variables before a) condemning the 2200 or b) demanding a replacement laptop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357652 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:38:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357262 Flashback1 : As I said before. Look at all these posts. Install this ,

Install that. Reinstall windows, check your pwer settings,

Tweak this Tweak that. Give it up you are one of the lucky

ones if you have a 30 day no questions warranty return]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357262 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:51:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357220 Flashback1 : Call hp and demand a different computer. Why are you waisting your time?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357220 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:47:15 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357185 No_Strings : You keep asking questions, but not answering those posed by people trying to help you. Did you try any of the things suggested. If so, what were the results?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357185 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:41:15 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357150 SkiJunkie : does anyone have my problem ?????

when i did the new rogers speed test , the download speed bar was going up and down and i only got ~around 1mbps/sec ....

wtf is this why is my download speed fluctuating so much , the upload speed does not seem to fluctuate as much.

the tweak test found nothing wrong it said that everything was good , i changed the channels but i still have the same problem]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14357150 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:36:31 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14356242 JTS33 :
said by toronto2001 See Profile :

I also have this NIC and have also noticed the problem. This speed drop happens when inactivity occurs. I think the speed drops after 1 hr of inactivity and when speed will rise again if activity is detected.

I have noticed that over a period of 3 days and it happens to my laptop also.
Sounds like a power management issue if your speed drops after inactivity and picks up again after activity resumes. What is your power management level set at (for the wireless card, not your laptop)? And does the same thing happen when you're connected to AC power instead of battery?

Also, what is your signal strength reported as?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14356242 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:30:57 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354476 No_Strings :
said by SkiJunkie See Profile :

the speed test is wrong cause when i start downloading from a site i only get 90kb/sec ..... using wire from same site i get aorund 390kb/sec ....
The speed test showed almost identical downloads from the same site. Again, I suspect interference even though the speed test seems fine.

said by SkiJunkie See Profile :

how do i run a tweak test on a wireless netwrok do i choose cable in the option or wireless ?
Disconnect the Ethernet cable and connect to the Internet only with the wireless card. Run the Tweak Test. Use DrTCP to make any adjustments suggested by the test, reboot and run the speed test again.

said by SkiJunkie See Profile :

do i select cable under service ? and do i select normal under connection ?
I don't know. What service to you have from your ISP? If DSL, select that. If cable, select that. You'll also notice, on the left side of the tools page, a link to the FAQ for these tests. Be adventurous - click it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354476 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:30:57 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354432 yock :
said by SkiJunkie See Profile :

the speed test is wrong cause when i start downloading from a site i only get 90kb/sec ..... using wire from same site i get aorund 390kb/sec ....

-so what should i do ?????

how do i run a tweak test on a wireless netwrok do i choose cable in the option or wireless ?

do i select cable under service ? and do i select normal under connection ?
You don't tweak LAN speeds. You're very much barking up the wrong tree.
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-so what should i do ?????

how do i run a tweak test on a wireless netwrok do i choose cable in the option or wireless ?

do i select cable under service ? and do i select normal under connection ? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354383 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:18:10 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354362 No_Strings : 2862k vs. 2742k?! You've been jumping up & down as if the sky is falling and lambasting Intel over 4%? You'll see more variation in the wired speed than that on any given day.

Run the Tweak Test to optimize the adapter and TCP/IP settings. Try to minimize any interference - neighbors' wireless LANs, 2.4GHz phones, etc. - by changing channels until you find the best one. To me, it sounds as though your problems are more related to interference than anything else.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354362 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:16:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354234 SkiJunkie : ok here is the speedtest using a wire .... »tinyurl.com/dkg7e
speed test using wireless

»tinyurl.com/7545h

when doin the new speed tesst on wireless it says that my quality of service is 60% , and the dwnl speed is established much slower because it keeps on fluctuating round trip time is 178ms while max pause is 188 ms .

using the new speed test and the wire my quality of service is 97% , round trip is 180ms while max pause is 16ms. the speed i got was 2.94mbps and 401 upload. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14354234 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:59:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14352969 thehappyman : There must be some problem with your Laptop........
I have a Sony Laptop and this is what I get using the speedtest on this site (and this is with wireless)

»i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/t···test.jpg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14352969 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:43:45 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14352472 toronto2001 : I also have this NIC and have also noticed the problem. This speed drop happens when inactivity occurs. I think the speed drops after 1 hr of inactivity and when speed will rise again if activity is detected.

I have noticed that over a period of 3 days and it happens to my laptop also.
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I could've sworn in earlier versions, under default value, the slider would move based on whether the laptop is running on battery or on AC power. I'm wondering if it's a cosmetic issue in the new driver version, or whether the driver can no longer properly detect when my laptop is running on AC power.

Intel Adapter Settings
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14352323 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:22:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14350631 Flashback1 : You are one HappyMan dude. Why don't you start a new thead and see how many others have had your success. Also ask them to include their model laptop.:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14350631 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:59:52 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14350552 thehappyman : Dont know why your results are so poor, but believe me the new 2915/2200 wirelss drivers have cured all my problems.... A blessing from above !!!!!!!

Your speed test results sound TERRIBLE........
I assume you used the speed test utility avalible on this website.....

You must have some other issue causing your problem(s)
I now Always get 2400 - 2700 Kbs download speed (sometimes even higher)and 350 - 360 Kbs upload speed...

Many People have it even faster...
But I am not complaining.....

Hope you solve your problems...
Try loading the new driver/package...

Good Luck :):):D:):):D:):):D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14350552 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:50:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349228 No_Strings : Have you run a tweak test at all? I didn't see that mentioned in any of your posts. If I read it right, you have a constant speed issue vs. the intermittent drops others are posting?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349228 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:52:05 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349197 SkiJunkie : negative , the only improvement is the signal does not drop as much from 54mbps , my download speed sucks !!!!

downloading same file from same site using wire i get 390kb/sec but using wireless i get only 90kb/sec ????? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14349197 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:48:08 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348674 thehappyman : I Sympathize....
Have you downloaded and installed the 9.0.2.31 update.

This will fix your problem. I have struggling with the Intel card for a while now and this latest update makes it close to perfect.....

And this newest update is all automated... you just have to save it to the desktop and then run it......

It's made a major improvement here.......]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348674 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:40:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348110 Flashback1 : Based on all the problems I have seen here I would demand another laptop that doesn't use this card. I bought a desktop from them and decided I did not want the wireless keyboard and mouse. They told me I would have to ship the entire unit back to avoid being charged for a wired key board and mouse. I said ok lets do that. They put me in touch with the manager and they shiped me what I wanted. I would steer clear of any laptop using this built in card. I like AMD and believe they are far better than Intel. Besides they have the fastest Front side bus at 1600 Mhz. where Intel only has 800 Mhz.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348110 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:36:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348022 SkiJunkie : should i call hp cause ive got a 30 days no questions asked and 1 yr warranty , what would they be able to do ???? can they send me a free external card ? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14348022 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:26:12 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14346023 Flashback1 : Hi yock. If your warranty is out on your laptop there is not much you can do there. You could buy a Linksys g card and try it and if that dosen't fix it you could always bring it back and consider buying a new laptop. Sorry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14346023 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:21:14 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345749 yock : Interesting to see people having problems with the 2200BG.

I have an IBM R51 with the Intel minipci 2200BG and I've been pretty disappointed. While I can't seem to isolate the card as the culprit, the problem definitely lies with the notebook and not the network (wireless desktop has no issues).

When I set the 2200BG at any level of power saving the card behaves precisely how so many of you describe: It drops to 1Mbps reported link speed and the connection is dead. The real pisser here is when I have power saving features disabled the damn thing still dies on me at random intervals. I will randomly lose association with my AP for a few moments and have to reassociate.

Looking for insight from the community. Did your replacement cards work? Is this worth contacting IBM over? Should I shell out for a different minipci or PCMCIA wireless device? Does Diet Dr. pepper really taste more like regular Dr. Pepper?
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please help us out..... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14345613 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:10:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341824 thehappyman : The download speed you experience is different for every website.

More often than not it relates the the speed of the server you are accessing, not equipment on your your own machine....

Some servers are fast, some slow......

You can always verify your equipment with the Speed Tests available on this site.......:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341824 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:13:41 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341784 thehappyman : Wireless 2915 and 2200 users.......

Got the latest download from
»support.intel.com/support/wirele···0623.htm

At long last, my wireless problems are over.
This newest update is all "automated" and runs really smooth......

I have been watching my wireless transmissions foe several days now.... This update, 9.0.2.31 has really done the trick for me.....

For the record,I have a very recent Sony laptop..... with the 2915 card....

The Last 20 hours online, 90% was at 54 mbsec, 10% was at 48 mbsec and NOTHING measurable less than that....

A great improvement...... :):):):):):):):)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341784 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:07:02 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341613 marathonmike : With the 9.0.2.1 package (9.0.2.31 driver) I got a simple install that really worked (not like before). The stats show 100% data download at 48mbps after running for days! In the past I was over 90%, but also had about 8% at 36M and 24M & about 1% at 11mbps.
Now 100% at 48 (which is my max because I run b and g adapters)
I'm on XP Pro SP2 on an HP ze5300 2.8GHz laptop
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anyways , when i am downloading using wireless from the nvidia site i cant get more than 96kb/sec but with a wire i get around 390kb/sec...... , can someone explain wtf is wrong , the signal strength does not fluctuate as much and this seems to be the only problem that has been fixed ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341363 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:46:52 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341289 manadigi : well, thanks for the news, but looks like I can't install the new version without loosing my connection, I have the ver. 9.0.2.25 and when I install the new version 9.0.2.31 my network setting are mess up.
Did you downloaded from intell? do you have a link?
thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14341289 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:33:18 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14340568 thehappyman : Well, now that I downloaded and installed the ver. 9.02.31 driver I am NOT having ANY problems anymore. I dont know about the rest of you but my problems are fixed :):):)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14340568 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:19:27 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14339340 No_Strings : Let's go waaay out on a limb here, and assume that some folks with these cards already broke the budget to get the laptop and don't have the disposable income to shell out for another wireless device - to say nothing of their (very reasonable) expectation that the one they bought should work as advertised.

To any such folks reading or posting in this thread, your response might be seen as, well, let's say less than helpful.

said by Flashback1 See Profile :

... and pray that its not the architecture on the motherboard.
No more than any other miniPCI card.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14339340 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:22:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14339121 Flashback1 : Install this install that reinstall windows. What the?!!//n th/ are you all doing? It should be clear by now that the hardware is buggy. Go buy a PCIMCA card and disable that piece of garbage and pray that its not the architecture on the motherboard.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14339121 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:17:39 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14338706 JTS33 :
said by jpark See Profile :

The latest drivers still have Transmit Power problems. Intel seems unable or unwilling to fix this.
I tested the transmit power at different settings while running NetStumbler to check Signal/Noise dBm, and there was no difference at all in the signal strength between the 5 different power level settings. The only difference I notice is in the reported "CCX TPC" under "Details" in ProSet. But I don't think that even plays a factor unless you're connecting to a Cisco-based router with the Radio Management stuff.

Am I not testing correctly?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14338706 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 05:18:54 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14330257 thehappyman : F.Y.I - anybody having problems with the intel 2200 - THE SAME PROBLEMS occur with the intel 2915 card......
Yes, it's definitley an Intel problem

I hadnot looked at this site for a month now. I was using the Intel Wireless Driver 9.0.1.21 and I have had continuous problems......... On and off....

Just loaded this site tonight for the first time in a month and saw that there is a new version of Intel Wireless Software..... Ver 9.0.2.31 --- So I downloaded it and what a surprise ---- the whole installation is now automated and super easy..... On top of that I am now experiencing Superb constant 54 mbsec transmission rates....

Fantastic !!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14330257 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:48:49 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14327546 SkiJunkie : This is nonsense , a comapany such as Intel cannot correct a problem with the 2200bg ..... ! They should do something about cause they are not taking any action or thinking about their customers :mad::mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14327546 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:42:35 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14324808 JTS33 :
said by ferreter See Profile :

I did the same thing as you and experience the same issue. I really wouldn't spend too much time on this. Intel writes really buggy software. Maybe someone can point you to a 3rd party util that shows network activity.
Thanks for checking. It's good to know whether it's caused by the Intel software itself or something else on my system. I ended up just disabling the ProSet utility and using Window's Wireless Zero Config, which keeps the "show icon in notification area when connected" from getting unchecked. ProSet is a pretty nice utility otherwise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14324808 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:58:42 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14318276 ferreter : I did the same thing as you and experience the same issue. I really wouldn't spend too much time on this. Intel writes really buggy software. Maybe someone can point you to a 3rd party util that shows network activity.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14318276 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:25:44 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316573 JTS33 : I'm using the newest drivers (9.0.2.1 package with the 9.0.2.31 driver), and the "show icon in notification area when connected" (in Network Connections -> Wireless connection properties) does not remain checked after a reboot. Since the ProSet icon doesn't show network activity, I like to have the additional icon that blinks whenever there is network activity.

Before I go nuts trying to figure this out, can someone also running the latest Intel drivers and ProSet utility enable the "show icon in notification area when connected" option and see if it remains enabled after rebooting the computer?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14316573 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:32:07 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14312752 jpark : The newest drivers are 9.0.2.31 .

They still don't fix the problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14312752 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:12:40 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14312261 SkiJunkie : hmmm the new driver does not fix the problem i still dont get 3mbps 400up like i got using a wire. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14312261 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:00:36 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14311092 marathonmike : Intel has a new release 9.0.2.1
I have had lots of problems with their software in the past, but this seems to work well!
Goto: »support.intel.com/support/wirele···0623.htm
look for the 2200 drivers and choose the latest one.
The default download site did not work, I had to choose the alternate site.
Installed and is working!
Good luck
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like which driver to get ....

thx ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14307661 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:02:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14033047 stlgera : I had also all the time the problem which was described in this tread.

Since that I have updated the driver and WLAN Software with version 9.0.2.0, everything is working perfectly.
No connection drops and the signal is all the time as strong as it never has been before. :)

Regards
Stlgera]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14033047 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:47:51 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14019761 anon : Thanks for the advice
i've had problems with my wireless connection with intel 2200bg since i've had hp laptop.
rolling back the windows xp drivers really helped and let windows manage the connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14019761 Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:05:13 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13937308 anon : I have the same problem for almost a year. Finally, it has gone by now just upgrade to 9.0.2.0.

»ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support···7904.exe]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13937308 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:19:50 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13909368 anon : just ignore the grammar faults, it´s the meaning that counts.. :D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13909368 Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:35:19 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13909304 anon : I have a Toshiba laptop with the same ***ing intel pro 2200bg integrated wlan card. I also have linksys wrt54g and the problems started the same day i bought these devices.. at first before updating the Firmware and the intel drivers the connectin died after an hour of surfing, but after a couple of ling nights and bloody tears it works just fine if you´re only surfing on the net. but when i try to download files via Wlan from another computer the signal dies immediately. All the problems seem to be on the Intel 2200bg, linksys works just fine, trust me, i´ve run many tests.. Now i´m waiting for intel to publish a new driver for 2200bg. before that happens, we´ll just have to cope with that..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13909304 Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:26:28 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13855847 manadigi : thanks jblack5, I did the update driver from the Device Manager(update) and works fine, now I have only 1 icon in my desktop right side bottom, when I installed direct from the file that I downloaded it's create a second icon like a green parking meter symbol and was kinda confusing because I had 2 icon for the same application.
If I want to roll/back I can't because there is a window that said there is not earlier version and doesn't give me any other choice. Now the speed is more stable than before
thanks for the help.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13855847 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:32:05 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13848720 anon : hey manadigi, so if you're trying to update the driver to a newer version, just go to start->control panel->system->hardware->device manager->right-click on your wireless card under network adapters and choose properties. then go to the drivers tab and hit update driver and choose install from a list or specific location. then hit the browse button and find wherever you put the new driver you downloaded. If you're like me and want to install an older driver version, you need to choose "don't search. i will choose the driver t o install. then hit "have disk" and choose the location of the driver you downloaded... If you're just trying to roll back the driver to the previous one that was installed (which may not be the stock winxp driver, it might just be an older version than what you have), then under the 'driver' tab previously mentioned, choose roll back driver. good luck ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13848720 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:12:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13800207 manadigi : How can I force the xp drivers for this intel wireless.
I uninstalled the intel drivers, but when the loptop restart install the same intel drivers again.
Can you help?
thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13800207 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:10:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13767651 lovewomen : On my broadcom mini card I changed the setting thur device manger for rate from auto to 54. And it stays at 54.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13767651 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:26:34 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13746421 dsluser9993 : Thank yourself it is a DELL !!!

Yep, the Intel Pro has some issues they well, have not addressed yet.

We just decided to do one of those $1000 neat machine deal benchmark reviews. Went with the ACER Aspire, The DEll $999 special and a Gateway GZ.

Trick to realtime internet response was to go to a knownsite, then go to known redirect in that site that went to a cgi-bin app or a .asp that is known to cause bogdowns.

ACER? Intrl Pro 2000? Would just die on the vine, all the while holding 100% on wireless signal strength and a clear DSL line. No time out, some TTL remaining, and just say DONE at the bottom of IE without ever executing the page. Gave ACER tech support an A for trying, but they were all over the router/modem people even though the r/m people can claim with high reliability that they are fairly clean. After hours and hours of tech support, including changing just about everything in the Intel Pro config, ACER tech determined that HD must have hiccup, told us to reformat and reload. Sorry Charlie, in the box and returned as a DOA.

Second up was the Dell. Same sites, same load test, same initial results. DELL tech was pretty quick, went right to INtelPro config. Surprise to us, the config box was DIFFERENT that the ACER, and had blocks to increase the juice to the card on battery op, and also told us to slow it down to 5.5 max for a new test. (There was no way to go to 5.5 on the ACER, just not there) Flawless operation from that point even on the meanest bog down sites.

Third up was Gateway. We thought we had another ACER! Exactly the same performance as the ACER, and since we were smart, went to config. Uh-oh, block IS the same as ACER. Call to tech support, machine wound up in never never land by the time the next 2-1/2 hours were over (Isn't XP nice in that regard?), but also wound up running direct from IntelPro direct non-windows managed app.

So, there you have it, our conclusion is that there are comm/choke issues with the IP2200b/g, You get about a 2 second open shot at an IE or OE 'call', and then it goes never never land in many configs.

DELL, or whoever wrote the config box for the DELL, left the fix plug available to the end user.

So, as others have said, goose the power management for battery op, and then secondly, try slowing or choking to 5.5

Just my humble opinion for now................ ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13746421 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:00:28 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13340554 grcore : I used this driver from Intel v8.1.1.0:

»downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts···lang=eng

Make sure you use the ProSet wireless configurator, and not Windows Zero Config. Set the Transmit to max and powersave to performance..

g]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13340554 Thu, 05 May 2005 20:57:45 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13333633 anon : Had the same problem with my HP1240US laptop.
Called HP
Advised me to download the following updated driver.
So far so good...

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE HP SITE WITH THE UPDATED INTEL DRIVER
»h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft···-27048-1]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13333633 Thu, 05 May 2005 00:35:30 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13247197 anon : I have had the same problem that the wireless speed dropped or disconnected from time to time. I have tried about everything and I think I finally get it fixed by try and error. Here's my experience and suggestion:

The Intel 2200BG worked fine with old firmware (probably 2003 or early 2004 version) 802.11b, and WEP. The problem started when I use the newer firmware, 802.11g, and WPA.

The way I fix the problem is by doing this:

1.Change the router or AP's wireless channel to the one that can give you the best signal strength. Channel 1, 6, 11, or even 4 or 9) Remember both b/g use the same channel 1-11.

2.Put your router or AP to a place that the signal strength (not speed) is at least very good, 4 or 5 bars.If you can't find a good location/channel, put your laptop next to your router/AP, Unless your signal strength is very good, don't try anything else.

At this point, I am using Intel's driver 9.0.0.61 (downloaded from Dell for Dell) dated 10/2004, Window XP Wireless Zero Configuration. On the router side, I set it to channel 1 (manual setting, not auto channel selection), 802.11g only, WPA with 20 random letters and numbers. On the laptop side, set everything to default.

So far for a few days, it is running great (connected at 54Mbps, drop to 24 when idle, run up quickly to 54 when in use).

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13247197 Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:35:51 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13240710 steven506 : Nevermind, it seems that I spoke to soon. I'll be calling Dell on Monday to request a replacement for this piece of crap 2200BG.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13240710 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:15:51 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13240073 Shugabug : i have version 8.0.12.20000]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13240073 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:59:11 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13237706 steven506 : The thing that has helped me the most is going back to the 8.1.1.0 drivers/software from Intel. Since doing this I have had no disconnects and consistent speeds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13237706 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:39:15 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13232176 Shugabug : Im having problems connecting my Intel pro/wireless 2200BG to my DSL-G604T wireless router. It just to able to pick up the router. Can anyone help?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13232176 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:59:42 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13086615 rizzy2003 : Thanks, it did the trick.
:)
Dunno why i didnt think of that

Cheers]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13086615 Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:02:16 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13083352 jpark : Have you checked the Power Management setting of the card? If it is set to default, it will use less power when on battery. Uncheck the default box and set to maximum.

I'm still having problems with mine. Have isolated the problem to the Transmit Power setting (which should be maximum by default). If I uncheck the default box, the connection signal strength goes up and speed increases. However, the setting does not stick. If I log off, suspend or shut down the system, I have to reset that setting.

Hope Intel will correct this soon. Since I need AES at work, I can't use the prior drivers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13083352 Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:29:37 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13082804 rizzy2003 : I've got a Dell Latitude D505 with this Intel Pro Wireless 2200 BG card, and for some reason i cannot use it without the power cable connected to the laptop. It's pretty useless to have the card if u need to power up the laptop with the mains power. If i take the mains power out it starts running slowly and eventually gives up trying to open up a webpage.

Anyone know why?

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13082804 Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:51:21 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13027649 DanHo : Turns out that my card was fried (not sure how or why). Dell replaced it under warranty and now I am up and running like I was before.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13027649 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:30:55 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13027512 tmartindub : Perhaps it is a shielding problem. I can add some shielding to the wires that run through the inside and see if that helps. It may be a bad board.
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said by tmartindub See Profile:

I have a Dell Latitude C610, firmware version A16. It is noise like the cpu or something and only affects the right speaker. I have tried this in several different latitudes and it does the same. It may be a quirk in the model or something like inadequate shielding.
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 but I believe the Latitude C series is built along the same lines? I don't have your problem, but the antenna cable snakes from the card toward the right speaker. Perhaps you have a problem with the connection from the cable to the antenna?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13012113 Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:08:59 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13011840 JTS33 :
said by tmartindub See Profile:

I have a Dell Latitude C610, firmware version A16. It is noise like the cpu or something and only affects the right speaker. I have tried this in several different latitudes and it does the same. It may be a quirk in the model or something like inadequate shielding.
I've noticed this with a few Toshiba laptops as well. When there's network activity, there is high-pitched static from the speakers. The more network activity, the louder the noise. Appears to be a shielding issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13011840 Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:22:13 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13010572 tmartindub : I have a Dell Latitude C610, firmware version A16. It is noise like the cpu or something and only affects the right speaker. I have tried this in several different latitudes and it does the same. It may be a quirk in the model or something like inadequate shielding.
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I believe it is in the firmware of the router.
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However what you describe sounds like power management settings turned on in the driver.

As for the noise, doesn't happen on any of the 10 laptops I have this card in, which laptop do you have?

added: This seems to be the same driver that does still cause issues, not sure why they put a new date on it. The 8.0.0 works just fine, you just lose the option of AES encryption on WPA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13008901 Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:23:49 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13008776 tmartindub : There is a new driver out for this card which seems to do a bit better. It appears to have a throttle or something like that. If you are not using the connection, it goes back to as low as 5.5 mbps. But when you change browser pages or download, it revs up to 54.0 mpbs.

The driver comes with Intel ProSet wireless software and the version is 9.0.1.0.

There is one other problem I have with this card: Noise when you do something. It has noise emitted from the PC speaker on the right that resembles the noise of an active disk. I cannot find a way to get rid of it; even muting the speakers does not stop it.

Does anyone know how to get rid of that bothersome nois?

Thanks.
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Seems when I uninstall it, it keeps the old drivers around since it never asks me where to get the drivers on the re-install.

It's a pisser because I really like the inboard card but I cannot live at 1 mb/sec.

Any help is appreciated.

T. Martin
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the issue that i had with the speed resolved itself after i upgraded the firmware but i have to say that i had used the same firmware with the same card with the same driver for a long while without a hitch. i'm really stomped...
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How can this technology be so difficult at this point? It's not exactly new.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12962670 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 01:01:42 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12953727 jpark : I installed an Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG card in my system a few days ago. Have spent several days trying to get good signal strength and throughput. Changed everything I could think of with no effect. Used Windows to manage the connection and tried the Intel utility. Same results.

I just tried something that makes no sense, but now my connection and speed is excellent. The configuration for the card has a setting for Transmit Power. According to the Intel documentation, by default it is set to maximum. The card showed the default as the selection and maximum as the setting. I unchecked the default checkbox and saved the change. When I recheck, it is back to the default setting but I continue to get good connections.

Perhaps it doesn't really go to the maximum setting until you change the setting? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12953727 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:34:32 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12938712 DanHo : Well, I spent 45 minutes on the phone with Dell. Got India and the woman that I spoke with did not have to much of an accent, which was nice. Anyway, Dell is sending me a new wireless card for my computer.
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I've even tried benchmarking my speed by downloading a large file from my local webserver on the network, and that goes at 2,300KB/sec, or around 18Mbps. That's what boggles me most about it, why are my internet speed tests only 1500kbps on wireless that's running at 18Mbps? It's not my connection, as I've proved.

I've done everything I can think of, from updating to the latest intel drivers for the wireless card to changing it so the Intel software manages the connection instead of Windows. I even turned off the zero config service. No dice.

I'm going to stick with TKIP for now because I get a lot more reliable connection with it than I do with AES. Before anyone says it's neighbors or other wireless devices, I am in Maine, my house is surrounded by trees, and netstumbler doesn't pick up any other wireless networks in my area. I even went on a little wardrive to see if that was the problem, I could not find any other network around for miles. I dont have any other wireless equipment, so that's not the problem either. It has to be with the Intel card. I'm out of ideas on how to solve this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12935665 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:50:56 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12933199 DanHo : I was just over searching through the dell forums and there are a number of complaints about this issue. However, there seems to be no concrete resolution. :huh:
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said by jkonrad See Profile:

I would either go to Linksys and get a new firmware for the 54g which updates its wireless driver, or try HYPERWRT's firmware based on the latest Linksys Firmware.
I am using HYPERWRT's firmware and am having the same issues. I initially connect and it says I have excellent signal strength. When I try to surf the net, it completely kills the connection. I did notice on my Dell that when the issues get really bad the little WiFi indicator light just above the keyboard goes out. However, I am still connected to the net. Really weird issue.

BTW, I have the same internal wireless card as the OP.
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said by kiritnayna See Profile:

I have tried changing the channel id and now get full signal at 54mbt but can intermittently connect to my router.
well, i also changed the channel and there are no new networks around here... i guess my best bet is taking it for a quick session of wardriving... see what happends...
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and belkin pre-n, all was well until my neighbor bought a wireless router a D-link g604t, I have tried changing the channel id and now get full signal at 54mbt but can intermittently connect to my router. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12922653 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:27:06 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12921781 bell_s : well ... now it just goes all over the place:48mpbs, 36mbps, 54mbps but if i try to download anything won't get anywhere over 600kbps ... weird...can it be my router? It's a WRT54G with Firmware Version: v2.02.8-pptp but it's been working like this for a long while... strange... the wired network works just fine
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after every repair that i do the speed comes back to 54Mbps but as soon as i access the net, or even the LAN it just drops to 1mbps. i checked the system logs and i get some messages but when i check with the M$ KB it seems to be regarding not being able to connect to a share. i'll read again since last night i was tired and probably didn't understand one or more things.
well .... i'll leave you to this and i'll go recheck those system logs.
thank you

Sergiu
here are the jpegs:
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he Advanced Tab and the Transmit Power

i have no ideea what this is but it hasn't changed

Power management is set to highest

it's set to both so i can use my school's wireless. hasn't changed either.

And there's the driver.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12907172 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:36:03 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12905017 jkonrad : good point to add to the "specs" to diagnose - for me my transmit power is set to full, and power management for the card is set for maximum performance (no power managemnet according to the driver)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12905017 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:41:48 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12905006 Shootist : Check the power options for the card. If it's set to use limited/reduced power to save on the battery you will see this type of thing.
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Shooter Ready--Stand By BEEP ********]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12905006 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:38:01 EDT Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12904934 jkonrad : Mine is doing that too, haven't found much of a reason why yet. It would be best to get as much detail though.

I notice mine on three of my WRT54G running any firmware Sveasoft Alchemy rc6a, HyperWRT 2.1b, and the latest Linksys. I am running the Intel 9.0.1.9 driver and XP SP2. This also happens when I disable WZC and use the Intel Client Manager.

In XP you don't need to reboot to fix it, you just need to right click on the connection and choose repair. Usually fixes it for a longer period of time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12904934 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:13:38 EDT Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12904785 bell_s : I'm having some real difficulties with my wireless network as of about 4-5 days or so. I noticed that my wireless connects to my network at 54Mbps but soon drops to 1Mbps. i didn't give it much thought at first but as time went by and it didn't resolve itself after a reboot i begun to ask myself what is going on. So i started to investigate thinking that there must be something wrong with the router. I rebooted the router and the laptop but to my surprise the same thing was happening. I even tried connecting to my neighbours unsecured wi-fi to see if the same thing happens and sure enough it drops like a rock to 1Mbps.
I have no ideea why it does this. I have tried changing one setting at a time to see maybe i have done something but i don't really remember anything out of the ordinary and why it doesn't want to connect at over 1mbps. As soon as i start any download it just goes from 54Mbps to 1.... and on speed tests it only goes as high as half a megabit....
i have wpa-psk enabled but even without it it still has the same speed... as i thought that maybe encription will slow things down. i'm running out of ideeas here and doing a search on google about it doesn't turn up much thing either. if anyone has any type of ideea regarding this issue i would really appreciate it as i also appreciate any questions that could clarify further this issue. i'll just give up for tonight since it's only 4am but i'll start fresh tomorrow.
Thank you very much

Sergiu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12904785 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:35:06 EDT