Dropped Wireless Connections wrt350n & Intel 3945, Vista

wrt350n w DD-WRT v24 3-5-07
Intel 3945 internal wifi card
Vista Ultimate

I am having a problem with my wireless connection dropping after a
couple hours, (changes from local and internet to local only) and it
wont reconnect unless I reboot windows vista. I also can never achicve
higher than 60% (# produced by sidebar gadget) and can never get
better than "Good" as the wireless signal strength indicator in the
taskbar, even though I am 10 feet away from the router.

I tried several different drivers for the intel card, and currently i
am on the latest version available for vista. Neither have changed
performance.

The same thing happened with the firmware from linksys v1.03.2 as
well, so I prefer to use dd-wrt.

I tried disabling qos and ip6 in the wireless card adapter
properties.
I also applied the command netsh int tcp set global
autotuninglevel=disable
I have also disabled teredo tunneling pseudo in Device Manager.

Same problems. I really think its a driver issue. I dont know. Can
anyone shed light how I can fix this. I need my wireless to NOT drop
connections. Its very annyoing.

Note: I constantly run utorrent 1.6.1, with only 4 half open
connections set, and I binded the IP to my computer's IP. Ports are
forwarded correctly, and speeds are decent.

morrison22

Hi
It is rare that a connection is dropped because of Windows.
In most cases if Windows is the culprit it has to do with the Power Saving
setting of the Network Cards (disable the Power Saving in the Card's
Properties.
However, Entry Level Routers often lose the connection when burdened with
none stop heavy download. They simple were Not design for tasks like this.
Other sources of drops can be environmental.
May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#sudden
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"morrison22" <> wrote in message
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> wrt350n w DD-WRT v24 3-5-07
> Intel 3945 internal wifi card
> Vista Ultimate
>
> I am having a problem with my wireless connection dropping after a
> couple hours, (changes from local and internet to local only) and it
> wont reconnect unless I reboot windows vista. I also can never achicve
> higher than 60% (# produced by sidebar gadget) and can never get
> better than "Good" as the wireless signal strength indicator in the
> taskbar, even though I am 10 feet away from the router.
>
> I tried several different drivers for the intel card, and currently i
> am on the latest version available for vista. Neither have changed
> performance.
>
> The same thing happened with the firmware from linksys v1.03.2 as
> well, so I prefer to use dd-wrt.
>
> I tried disabling qos and ip6 in the wireless card adapter
> properties.
> I also applied the command netsh int tcp set global
> autotuninglevel=disable
> I have also disabled teredo tunneling pseudo in Device Manager.
>
> Same problems. I really think its a driver issue. I dont know. Can
> anyone shed light how I can fix this. I need my wireless to NOT drop
> connections. Its very annyoing.
>
> Note: I constantly run utorrent 1.6.1, with only 4 half open
> connections set, and I binded the IP to my computer's IP. Ports are
> forwarded correctly, and speeds are decent.
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

"morrison22" wrote:
> wrt350n w DD-WRT v24 3-5-07
> Intel 3945 internal wifi card
> Vista Ultimate

Have you updated the 3945 driver? If you still have the in-box driver
(v. 10.6.0.17 or below) - get the latest version available from
your laptop vendor. There were some important fixes that may
also help with connection quality.

Regards,
--PA

> I am having a problem with my wireless connection dropping after a
> couple hours, (changes from local and internet to local only) and it
> wont reconnect unless I reboot windows vista. I also can never achicve
> higher than 60% (# produced by sidebar gadget) and can never get
> better than "Good" as the wireless signal strength indicator in the
> taskbar, even though I am 10 feet away from the router.
>
> I tried several different drivers for the intel card, and currently i
> am on the latest version available for vista. Neither have changed
> performance.
>
> The same thing happened with the firmware from linksys v1.03.2 as
> well, so I prefer to use dd-wrt.
>
> I tried disabling qos and ip6 in the wireless card adapter
> properties.
> I also applied the command netsh int tcp set global
> autotuninglevel=disable
> I have also disabled teredo tunneling pseudo in Device Manager.
>
> Same problems. I really think its a driver issue. I dont know. Can
> anyone shed light how I can fix this. I need my wireless to NOT drop
> connections. Its very annyoing.
>
> Note: I constantly run utorrent 1.6.1, with only 4 half open
> connections set, and I binded the IP to my computer's IP. Ports are
> forwarded correctly, and speeds are decent.
>
>

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On Mar 15, 9:24 am, Pavel A. <pave...@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote:
> "morrison22" wrote:
> > wrt350n w DD-WRT v24 3-5-07
> > Intel 3945 internal wifi card
> > Vista Ultimate
>
> Have you updated the 3945 driver? If you still have the in-box driver
> (v. 10.6.0.17 or below) - get the latest version available from
> your laptop vendor. There were some important fixes that may
> also help with connection quality.
>
> Regards,
> --PA
>
>
>
> > I am having a problem with my wireless connection dropping after a
> > couple hours, (changes from local and internet to local only) and it
> > wont reconnect unless I reboot windows vista. I also can never achicve
> > higher than 60% (# produced by sidebar gadget) and can never get
> > better than "Good" as the wireless signal strength indicator in the
> > taskbar, even though I am 10 feet away from the router.
>
> > I tried several different drivers for the intel card, and currently i
> > am on the latest version available for vista. Neither have changed
> > performance.
>
> > The same thing happened with the firmware from linksys v1.03.2 as
> > well, so I prefer to use dd-wrt.
>
> > I tried disabling qos and ip6 in the wireless card adapter
> > properties.
> > I also applied the command netsh int tcp set global
> > autotuninglevel=disable
> > I have also disabled teredo tunneling pseudo in Device Manager.
>
> > Same problems. I really think its a driver issue. I dont know. Can
> > anyone shed light how I can fix this. I need my wireless to NOT drop
> > connections. Its very annyoing.
>
> > Note: I constantly run utorrent 1.6.1, with only 4 half open
> > connections set, and I binded the IP to my computer's IP. Ports are
> > forwarded correctly, and speeds are decent.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

yes they are the latest available from intel directly.

I found the problem.. It was dd-wrt.. needed to use an earlier
firmware version dated 2-9-07 instead of 3-5-07 and that fixed the
drops. Now on to the 60% issue. Any help on this? Anyone else
experiencing?

morrison22

There is a good review of Vista wireless issues, posted recently
in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing ,
subject: VISTA WIRELESS Issues and Fixes

( sorry this does not answer your question but may be helpful
anyway, or give some clues )

Regards,
--PA

"morrison22" wrote:
> On Mar 15, 9:24 am, Pavel A. <pave...@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote:
> > "morrison22" wrote:
> > > wrt350n w DD-WRT v24 3-5-07
> > > Intel 3945 internal wifi card
> > > Vista Ultimate
> >
> > Have you updated the 3945 driver? If you still have the in-box driver
> > (v. 10.6.0.17 or below) - get the latest version available from
> > your laptop vendor. There were some important fixes that may
> > also help with connection quality.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --PA
> >
> >
> >
> > > I am having a problem with my wireless connection dropping after a
> > > couple hours, (changes from local and internet to local only) and it
> > > wont reconnect unless I reboot windows vista. I also can never achicve
> > > higher than 60% (# produced by sidebar gadget) and can never get
> > > better than "Good" as the wireless signal strength indicator in the
> > > taskbar, even though I am 10 feet away from the router.
> >
> > > I tried several different drivers for the intel card, and currently i
> > > am on the latest version available for vista. Neither have changed
> > > performance.
> >
> > > The same thing happened with the firmware from linksys v1.03.2 as
> > > well, so I prefer to use dd-wrt.
> >
> > > I tried disabling qos and ip6 in the wireless card adapter
> > > properties.
> > > I also applied the command netsh int tcp set global
> > > autotuninglevel=disable
> > > I have also disabled teredo tunneling pseudo in Device Manager.
> >
> > > Same problems. I really think its a driver issue. I dont know. Can
> > > anyone shed light how I can fix this. I need my wireless to NOT drop
> > > connections. Its very annyoing.
> >
> > > Note: I constantly run utorrent 1.6.1, with only 4 half open
> > > connections set, and I binded the IP to my computer's IP. Ports are
> > > forwarded correctly, and speeds are decent.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> yes they are the latest available from intel directly.
>
> I found the problem.. It was dd-wrt.. needed to use an earlier
> firmware version dated 2-9-07 instead of 3-5-07 and that fixed the
> drops. Now on to the 60% issue. Any help on this? Anyone else
> experiencing?
>
>

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John Thomas Smith <> wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:47:42 -0700, briana wrote:
> >Sorry I am not sure how to fix this but I am having the same problem
>
> Huh... Same WHAT problem?
>
> Can't find the power switch... font too small... what?

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