- Joined
- Sep 17, 2001
- Location
- Orange County
First of all, this occurs at 3 different locations: My parents house, my apartment, and my network at school.
I have an Inspiron 600m with built in Intel 802.11b wireless.
Upon starting up my computer, my signal always starts out at "Very Low" or "Low" and I spend like 3-5 minutes opening up explorer windows trying to figure out if its my wireless connection that sucks or certain web sites that suck. After a few minutes of doing this (and sometimes adjusting the power to the wireless card), my signal strength eventually climbs up to a decent signal. Today, in one of my classes at school, the signal sarted out at "No Signal" for about 30 seconds. Then it went to "Very Low" for a good 3 or so minutes. At some point after that, it magically hits "Excellent." During this period, my laptop was sitting in one spot and didn't move any more than an inch. My wireless was already set to be 100% performance and everything, so I couldn't exactly adjust it to be any better. As a matter of fact, I'm still in the same spot, but now I have adjusted the card to take minimal power and my strength is still excellent.
I know it's not really a problem unless the signal stays bad, but it is rather a nuisance when I have some information I need to grab quickly.
Anyone have any clue as to what is causing this and/or how to fix it?
Anyone have any idea
I have an Inspiron 600m with built in Intel 802.11b wireless.
Upon starting up my computer, my signal always starts out at "Very Low" or "Low" and I spend like 3-5 minutes opening up explorer windows trying to figure out if its my wireless connection that sucks or certain web sites that suck. After a few minutes of doing this (and sometimes adjusting the power to the wireless card), my signal strength eventually climbs up to a decent signal. Today, in one of my classes at school, the signal sarted out at "No Signal" for about 30 seconds. Then it went to "Very Low" for a good 3 or so minutes. At some point after that, it magically hits "Excellent." During this period, my laptop was sitting in one spot and didn't move any more than an inch. My wireless was already set to be 100% performance and everything, so I couldn't exactly adjust it to be any better. As a matter of fact, I'm still in the same spot, but now I have adjusted the card to take minimal power and my strength is still excellent.
I know it's not really a problem unless the signal stays bad, but it is rather a nuisance when I have some information I need to grab quickly.
Anyone have any clue as to what is causing this and/or how to fix it?
Anyone have any idea