X51v losing infrequent loss of wireless connection

[arrowone]

From time to time automatic connection no longer works between my AirStation Turbo G wireless router and X51v. It won't connect for hours when I click on the WLAN toolbar utility and then suddenly starts working again for no apparant reason.

This problem only happens every few weeks!

[psionandy]

try disabbling turbo mode on your router...

[arrowone]

try disabbling turbo mode on your router...

I will try this, but as a matter of interest, why is turbo mode a problem with X51v?

I appreciate that the wireless on the Dell is old technology so can not fully utilise the speed. Will taking turbo off reduce the speed of other connections, e.g. to my laptop?

[psionandy]

I will try this, but as a matter of interest, why is turbo mode a problem with X51v?

I appreciate that the wireless on the Dell is old technology so can not fully utilise the speed. Will taking turbo off reduce the speed of other connections, e.g. to my laptop?

The problem doesn't lie with the X51v.. but rather with the router. Turbo modes aren't a standard feature, different routers/nics use them differently. My Dlink causes horrible problems with a Belkin Network card, although it does work a bit better with my x50v. Most of the time the only solution was to reboot the router. The only think it works well with is a Dlink card for my laptop. WIth the Turbo mode turned off everything works much better

If you're conecting to the outside world you won't notice a difference, if your moving large files around on the internal network you might, but probably not.


Anyway, it's work a shot and should be really easy to try out. If it makes no difference then you can rule it out of the equation.

[arrowone]

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense.

I am not moving large files round the network at the moment, although who knows what I might want to do in the future. I recently moved in to the Telecoms business (IT Consultant) and some of the future plans are amazing.