I have my TR set up to a wireless dlink using wep 128bit security only.  problem is: my connection drops REPEATEDLY, leaving about one-three minute gaps between drops.  Any ideas?

~nox :evil:

[quote author=“nox”]I have my TR set up to a wireless dlink using wep 128bit security only.  problem is: my connection drops REPEATEDLY, leaving about one-three minute gaps between drops.  Any ideas?

~nox :evil:

Mine does something similar… it will flash that little bubble window in the bottom right corner connection lost and then 2 seconds later reappear as connected… its annoying.

I had the same problem when my coputer was unpluged. I later found out that the mini pci wireless card from my TR3A reduced its signal power as a power saving feature.

Try istalling Intel PRO set software. Some think it is useless after SP2 but i found it to be very helpful.

I had a similar problem after installing SP2…when I looked into the available networks settings, I noticed that my network was second in the list and it was always trying to connect to some other network which had a pretty weak signal. I changed it to connect to my network first and the problem went away.

Important question.

Is SP2 installed ?

Otherwise a lot of times there could be a lot obstacles causing the problem. See if the bad periods coincide with a particular environmental variable (You turned on a piece of equipment, the room is full of people, you’ve positioned the laptop in a particular place).

[quote author=“writetovarun”]Important question.

Is SP2 installed ?

Otherwise a lot of times there could be a lot obstacles causing the problem. See if the bad periods coincide with a particular environmental variable (You turned on a piece of equipment, the room is full of people, you’ve positioned the laptop in a particular place).

It was installed and it was still doing it. Now it isnt as I restored my C drive. It isnt wireless strength problems either as my wireless router is 6 feet away from it. 

There is something called Buffer filling that might be the problem here. There are a few articles about it in my journal. Also read about it on a few other forums. 

Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager

‘Right click on each communications port listed, and select Properties. Click the Port Settings tab. The Bits per Second setting should be at least 115,200 and the Flow control should be set to Hardware’

Also, he goes on to say

‘Next, click the Advanced button and select Use FIFO buffers and move the Receive and Transmit Buffer sliders as high as they can go. You can lower them again if you need to but I wouldn’t expect that to be necessary.

Make sure the NICs are set to 100Mbps full duplex rather than Auto.’

Hope it works for you mate.

Cheers.

go to the search option on this site and enter ‘dropping wireless connection’ in the box. select all words option and check posts on the subject. That should sort it for you

Did you try my suggestion?...

[quote author=“Rahul”]I had a similar problem after installing SP2…when I looked into the available networks settings, I noticed that my network was second in the list and it was always trying to connect to some other network which had a pretty weak signal. I changed it to connect to my network first and the problem went away.

[quote author=“Rahul”]Did you try my suggestion?...

[quote author=“Rahul”]I had a similar problem after installing SP2…when I looked into the available networks settings, I noticed that my network was second in the list and it was always trying to connect to some other network which had a pretty weak signal. I changed it to connect to my network first and the problem went away.

Yeah, I’ve tried that, I’ve tried erasing all the other ‘preferred’ networks, and I don’t currently have SP2. Would that affect it?

~nox

I dont think SP2 actually affects anything, but I noticed the problem after installing SP2. I’m sure it can happen with SP1 too…atleast the problem I experienced. You dont need to delete other networks…just make sure yours is on top…it will try to connect to other networks only if it has difficulty in connecting to yours.

I had the same problems as you guys…i installed the new drives at the link below and it fixed all the problems…

http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=3606