My Wireless Card Keeps Dropping Connection. Why?

Question

I have a D-Link Wireless card that connects to my D-Link wireless router, and it can connect just fine, but any where from 5 minutes to 5 hours later, the connection will drop, but I will have done nothing to the router or wireless card in that time. Tech support has been no help at all, so can some one please help?

Side note- Both the wireless card and the router have the latest firmware updates.

Answer 1

There are so many factors that can cause wireless to get flaky.. NOBODY shoul dbe blaming it on a specific brand. The same brand uses different parts in different models. Maybe your machine has known bugs but my guess is it doesn't. there's several factors that can cause wireless to drop out so I'm going ot build you a list of things to test.

1. the cordless phone.. 2.4Ghz phones can cause interference

2. Microwave oven.. believe it or not, microwave ovens run in the 2.4Ghz range. try firing up your microwave and seeing if your link drops

3. Placement Placement Placement. Wireless is designed for line-of-sight and nothing more. It CAN go through walls etc but just remember 1 wall = 50% signal capabilities. this includes glass too.

Best thing to do is move things around a bit. The higher you can put your access point(router) the better. Maybe your pc's antenna is shoved under some enclosed desk. put them close, move them apart etc etc.

4. There are ways to increase range as well. Wireless B for example has better range than wireless G. Wireless A has the shortest range but the fastest connection.The lower you set your transfer rates on your router/access point the farther it will reach (IE 1Mb will shoot farther than 11Mb). Check your router settings and try to run it at the lowest rate possible for a few days.

5. Things out of your control - your neighbor's wireless phone, other "microwave" emitting equipment nearby including but not limited to power stations (SUBS).

6. Your neighbor's wireless access point. Do a scan and see whqat access points your computer can see. If there are alot, try to put your access pijnt on a channel that is least used (always remember that the only channels that DON'T overlap are 1, 6, and 11) So running channel 2 in an area flooded with channel 1 AP's can cause you grief. Best practice is to try to stay as far away form everyone else's channels as possible.

After that, yes you could have bought a flaky model from D-Link, don't let anyone tell you to get Linksys or netgear either because all of these manufacturers produce well built as well as crappy wireless devices. Remember you get what you pay for (kinda)

Answer 2

The problem is your D-Link wireless router. I had one too a couple years ago, same problem. Their company does not produce quality goods. The only real solution is to take it back and buy an equivalent model from a different company. My family uses Linksys, though I've heard good stuff about Netgear as well.

There's really no way to make a D-Link router work. The wireless card should be adequate, and the D-Link wireless card will work with another company's router.

Answer 3

I have a 2wire gateway, and the dude from at&t advised me that different electronics make it flow out. I had mine next a 60 inch television, dvd participant, cable field, a wii(with an indication), and cellular phones all round it, so my **** went plenty, so i moved the router into my residing were there is somewhat no different electronics yet a telephone and its under no circumstances dropped a connection, so attempt transferring it faraway from different electronics, and if u cant mover stuff faraway from it, or develop the signal by utilizing putting your i.p handle contained in the websearch(u no the lengthy bar type internet web site in) and it would take to the options of your router, and develop the signal

Answer 4

And you have wireless telephones within 15 feet of your D-Link (either one! port, or card!)?

Any 2.4Ghz telephone or other wifi devices can kick you off the air for moments!

Move something so everybody is at least 15feet apart!

Answer 5

hi mike i understood ur issue..wat u can do is to check if it is not the internet explorer issue u can plug yur comp directly to the dsl modem and then see if it is disconnecting or not and if it does lemme me know on [e-mail] and i will give u steps to do and if it is not disconencting tell dlink people to change the router...and also does the other comp also disconnect or no....lemme know i will give u further steps...

Answer 6

i used to have that problem. Dou you have any pets? My cat kept playing with one or the other, knocking out the signal.