topic Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982 in Access Points - Indoor and Outdoor

PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

vincent_bova — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 02:12:57 GMT

Strange, I installed my 7982 and while it seems to work fine across the board with all other applications, my W7 PC (connected to wireless) keeps getting thrown out every so often. I have to reset my card and it reconnects right away without any issue, but after awhile it happens again. No rhyme or reason, and very inconsistent. My PC next to the PC I have now does not issue this problem, nor do any of my wireless devices. I disabled the network card and used a Wi-Fi adapter, but the same thing was happening. Maybe the WAP is going down? Doesn't seem likely because nobody else in the home is complaining...

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

primoz_marinsek — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:40:11 GMT

Through the years I've found that if an AP works with all clients but one or two it's NOT the APs problem.

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

keith_redfield — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:20:56 GMT

You might try setting a static channel on the AP to see if perhaps dynamic channel changes are affecting the client (some cards aren't real happy with channel changes). Updating the drivers for that PC may help.

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

vincent_bova — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:09:53 GMT

Keith-

Can't thank you enough. That absolutely did the trick. Strange that despite the BIOS and drivers being up to date, this Dell Inspiron One is stubborn and doesn't like the Smart Select feature. Oddly, neither did the temporary Netgear Wifi adapter I used. Is this a common problem?

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

keith_redfield — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:25:15 GMT

It's not uncommon. I'm going to guess that's an Intel chipset in both...

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

vincent_bova — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:33:00 GMT

Yes, correct..

Re: PC / Wireless Network Access keeps going down after installing 7982

primoz_marinsek — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:53:57 GMT

I've got 2 HP laptops with Atheros AR9285 and AR9485. Both of them loose connection for about a minute when the channel changes. iPAD on the other hand has no problem at all.