aroominyork
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This thread picks up some issues from http://forums.techguy.org/networkin...ss-constantly-disconnecting-reconnecting.html. Long story short: my Dell D420 has an N series wireless card that constantly disconnects from my G series router at home. Outside of my home the N series card works fine. I worked around this by buying a G series PCMCIA card to use at home and this works fine.
The laptop has both Intel PROSet/Wireless and Wireless Zero Configuration on it, and using the PCMCIA card at home I connect through WZC. Id like to use WZC outside of home too and uninstall the PROSet/Wireless, mostly because WZC switches on and off and I have to keep going into Services to reset it; I figured this may be linked to PROSet/Wireless also being on the system.
So I went to Uninstall and uninstalled PROSet/Wireless. But (and this is where I start getting confused and may be saying things that are technically incorrect) it also uninstalled the Wireless LAN adapter driver. This leaves me not knowing how to connect to the internal N series card. Last time JohnWill advised When you uninstalled the Intel software, it also took the driver. Install the Intel software again, but just don't start the Intel client. So I have reinstalled the software (from Dells website, for the 4965 AGN card) but I have an error next to Wireless LAN adapter driver in the list of downloaded components.
So where do I want to get to with this? Preferably to have WZC always running wireless, but able to connect to the 4965 AGN internal card when away from home. Alternatively, to get PROSet/Wireless fully installed again and using it to connect to the N series card. At the moment I can connect fine through the PCMCIA card, but dont know how to access the N series card.
The laptop has both Intel PROSet/Wireless and Wireless Zero Configuration on it, and using the PCMCIA card at home I connect through WZC. Id like to use WZC outside of home too and uninstall the PROSet/Wireless, mostly because WZC switches on and off and I have to keep going into Services to reset it; I figured this may be linked to PROSet/Wireless also being on the system.
So I went to Uninstall and uninstalled PROSet/Wireless. But (and this is where I start getting confused and may be saying things that are technically incorrect) it also uninstalled the Wireless LAN adapter driver. This leaves me not knowing how to connect to the internal N series card. Last time JohnWill advised When you uninstalled the Intel software, it also took the driver. Install the Intel software again, but just don't start the Intel client. So I have reinstalled the software (from Dells website, for the 4965 AGN card) but I have an error next to Wireless LAN adapter driver in the list of downloaded components.
So where do I want to get to with this? Preferably to have WZC always running wireless, but able to connect to the 4965 AGN internal card when away from home. Alternatively, to get PROSet/Wireless fully installed again and using it to connect to the N series card. At the moment I can connect fine through the PCMCIA card, but dont know how to access the N series card.