Laptop Keeps Losing Wireless Connection

[Mad Maxx]

This Problem just Started Happening about 2 Months ago.

It Happens atleast 2 or 3 Times EVERY Day.

My Laptop will Lose the Wireless Connection.

I'm literally 3 Feet Away from my Wireless Router. I can Reach Out and damn near Touch it.

It's really Starting to Piss me Off, because I'll be in the Middle of something, and Bang! I Lose Internet.

The only way to get it to Reconnect is to do Diagnose & Repair > Get New IP Settings (doesn't Work) > then only other Option is to Reset Network Adapter. Then it'll do all that, and Work.

I won't even Fix itself if I Turn Off the Wireless Button then back On, on the Front of the Laptop.

I Checked to See if the Drivers needed Updated Last Night, and Windows says they are all Up to Date.

I'm Using Vista Home.

Help before I Smash this thing!! :mad2::mad2:

 

[Pepperidge]

James...I just had the same with my windows 7 64 bit system...the drivers for the intel proset wireless radio needed updating...

get latest drivers here...(it cured mine)

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/cs-010623.htm

or try this link...

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Def...yStatus=Active&FamilyName=Wireless+Networking

 

[Mad Maxx]

How do I know what one I need? There's 4 Versions of it to Download. There's one for IT and 1 for End User.

FWIW, I have an Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN...it was Last Updated 5/28/2009 Driver Version: 12.4.3.9

 

[Mad Maxx]

I think I got it.

I had Intel's Site Check for Updates, and it Found 1. So it's Downloading Now.

 

[Mad Maxx]

K, got it Installed. We'll See how it goes.

Thanks!

 

[Pepperidge]

I only found 2 for vista for a 5100 agn and they were both for It admins, not end users...but if Intel found the update for you, you should be ok with whatever it chooses for you...below is what I had found...

Intel® PROSet/​Wireless Basic Enterprise for IT Administrators: Windows Vista 32-​​Bit*

Recommended for IT Administrators. Includes driver-only and Intel® PROSet/Wireless Basic Enterprise Software distribution packages.
OS: Windows Vista 32*

11/29/2010

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Intel® PROSet/​Wireless Basic Enterprise for IT Administrators: Windows Vista 64-​​Bit*

Recommended for IT Administrators. Includes driver-only and Intel® PROSet/Wireless Basic Enterprise Software distribution packages.
OS: Windows Vista 64*

11/29/2010

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[Pepperidge]

Let me know if it works...did it show you which version it installed? just curious thats all...

 

[Mad Maxx]

It Installed:

Date: 10/18/2010

Version: 13.4.0.9

 

[Pepperidge]

looks a little newer than what my searching produced...but at the time I didn't know what you had PC wise...32 bit 64 bit etc...

hope it works out for you...updating mine did...

 

[Mad Maxx]

Yea, hopefully it'll Work.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Problem is still here.

Lost Wireless Yesterday.

 

[trotorx2]

Have you reset your modem and router? Unplug power from both for a few mins then power up the modem. Let it sinc with the server at your internet company. When all the lights are on on the modem the power up the router.

Does your router have a reset to default button on the back? You might need to try that also, it will cause you to lose all your security settings but you can reset those back.

 

[Mad Maxx]

It's not the Modem or Router, I have a Mac Laptop as well, and whenever I Lose Wireless on my PC I Check the Mac to See if it Lost Wireless as well, and it doesn't. So it's something with my PC Laptop.

 

[trotorx2]

Oh...well don't know sorry. I've had the same problem as you and reseting always fixed it. Hope you get it figured out Sucks losing connection.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Yep, Checking the Router & Modem were the First things I Checked, but they are good to go.

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

James: I did not catch the brand name on the laptop. Is it a Toshiba? It might be an internal issue inside the laptop.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Nope, it's a Sony VAIO.

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Wow.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Ok, this has happened 5 Times, just Today.

It's REALLY Starting to Piss me Off.

And it's only my PC. My Mac or Blackberry don't Lose WiFi at all.

The Router is so Close, I can Reach over and Touch it.

I did an IP Release and something else Today, people said that has Fixed the Problem. Obviously it didn't for me since it's Happened 5 Times to me Today.

All my Drivers are up to Date according to the Auto Scan and I have no Virus's on the PC. I've Scanned it with 2 Different Programs.

 

[BoostN]

I don't know how to help you James, but everytime I boot up my laptop from sleep mode I have to restart because it cant get access to the Internet. It is very frustrating.