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Old 03-25-2007
Alfred Kaufmann
 

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Re: wireless signal strength
I day or so ago Windows updated the driver for the DLink wireless
card; I get an excellent connection now but still no SuperG mode.

Also still no Vista driver for their GBit lan card.

Al



On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:53:58 -0700, Alfred Kaufmann
<al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have a D-Link wireless card and not only does the Vista driver not
>have SuperG but the connection I get is only fair. The machine is
>just across the room and when I have Windows XP PRO the connection was
>always excellent.
>
>Al
>
>
>On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:34:48 -0800, Amir Javasoul <Amir
>Javasoul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I too get the same signal strenght problem on my Vaio laptop. I am running
>>Visa Ultimate with the Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless card. I noticed
>>there was a software update on the sony support website specifically for the
>>wireless features (not sure if it actually updated the drivers) and i
>>installed it. It didnt solve my problem.
>>I read something about the power saving features in Vista that could affect
>>the wireless card's behavior.
>>but i m also still stuck at 60%..
>>
>>"Kato" wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry about the previous post I'm new to this forum.
>>>
>>> Anyways here is what I have experienced and found so far I have a Dell
>>> Inspiron 640m and a HP Pavilion dv9000 both running Vista and both using
>>> Intel Pro/Wireless 3945abg mini-card's. I too am getting a max signal
>>> strength of 60% and have searched endlessly for a solution but yet to find
>>> one. I think I have narrowed it down to a driver issue for either the
>>> mini-card wan port or the mini-card, most likely the port because I have also
>>> tried another manufacturer's mini-card with no luck.
>>>
>>> Now the reason why I think this is the issue is because my brother is also
>>> running Vista on a gateway tablet PC and gets 100% plus a number of other
>>> friends get that result too. After investigating a bit they all use an Intel
>>> Pro/Wireless mini PCI card not to be confused with the mini-card I have.
>>> Also I do have another friend that just got an ASUS laptop with the same
>>> mini-card that I have and also gets 60% signal.
>>>
>>> So I guess I now have two choices:
>>> 1: Live with it until Microsoft, Intel or whoever is responsible comes up
>>> with a solution.
>>> 2: Spend some money and attempt to resolve it with a USB wireless device.
>>> I'm curious to see if this one works I pretty confident it will.
>>>
>>> So if anyone can find a solution for this one I would be very grateful
>>> because I really don't want to use an external device.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Kato

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