Wireless Keeps turning itself off??!!

tenknics · 05-03-2010, 03:17 AM

So Ive downloaded and gamed and browsed all at the same time before...But for some reason today my wireless adapter keeps turning itself off...And no Im not accidentally hitting the switch..I'll even toggle the switch off and back on and it still says my wireless adapter is off..Its really strange..And when I troubleshoot it says network adapter is off, check switch..the switch is on..?!?This keeps happening..A reboot fixes it or if I disable the network adapter, and then re-enable it..

Whats going on, whats causing my wireless to turn itself off? Any help would be greatly appreciated..

jtvgeo · 05-03-2010, 03:38 AM

make sure the drivers is up to date

tenknics · 05-03-2010, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jtvgeo

make sure the drivers is up to date

ummm thanks?

bump

Fusel Wusel · 05-03-2010, 04:04 AM

Have you tried activating it manually via the networkcenter? (Don't know how it's called in your Windows as I am using a german version)
Maybe your switch is broken and switches automatically. But disabling it via BIOS should have done it. Well, strange problem...

tenknics · 05-03-2010, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Fusel Wusel

Have you tried activating it manually via the networkcenter? (Don't know how it's called in your Windows as I am using a german version)
Maybe your switch is broken and switches automatically. But disabling it via BIOS should have done it. Well, strange problem...

Thats the thing, in the network center it says my switch is off. But my Quickset and keyboard icon show that the switch is on..I have to right click disable the adapter itself, then re-enable it and it fixes itself..I'm wondering if it has to do with this torrent Ive been downloading because it's only happened since I've started downloading it...But I dunno what about a torrent would do this as I download torrents (LEGAL ONES

) frequently...

I have my power set to performance so that shouldnt be it but I went to the power settings and turned off "let windows turn off the wireless adapter when blah blah" and it hasn't shut off sense? dunno if its coincidence or not..

Fusel Wusel · 05-03-2010, 07:07 AM

Torrents should not be a problem. There are some routers failing when you got too many connections open. But that does not affect your wireless lan.
Have you actually tried reinstalling the drivers?
If it's not getting better, reinstalling windows would be the last option. That should fix any problems mostly.
But at first I would advise reinstalling the driver and maybe reinstalling Quickset (I think it kind of controls the buttons?).

[EDIT] Take a look at your device manager. My wireless lan card has an energy options tab where "The Computer may shut the device off to save energy" is activated. Maybe this can help.

tenknics · 05-03-2010, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fusel Wusel

[EDIT] Take a look at your device manager. My wireless lan card has an energy options tab where "The Computer may shut the device off to save energy" is activated. Maybe this can help.

Yea thats what I said I did in my previous post and it hasn't turned off since then, thanks though!

tenknics · 05-09-2010, 03:57 PM

Well it turned off again today, the first time since I changed the power settings that I thought was the culprit.

I'm wondering if the 6200 agn card I have just turns itself off under a huge load or if gets to hot? I still get the same problem. It says my wifi switch is off no matter what I diagnose it. It happened this time while I was gaming online and downloading a torrent at the same time, something I've been able to do easily before..I wonder whats causing it to shut off..And no again, Im not even physically close to touching the switch on the laptop, so its not an accidental contact thing either...

Any ideas? turning itself off under heavy load?

jacopolabardi · 05-10-2010, 08:14 AM

Also my intel 6200 shut itself off under heavy load... i have already installed the latest driver but the problem remain. what can we do?

Justice4all · 05-10-2010, 11:02 AM

I did everything you guys did as I was having the same problem with my 5300 AGN.

Updated drivers from Intel’s website not Dell’s.
Wireless Networking

Disabled PC Power Management option for adapter in properties.

I left all Advanced properties in default setting except Transmit Power which I set to highest.

Also I went into Manage wireless networks and select the wireless network I am using, right click on it for properties and under Connection tab deselect Connect to a more preferred network if a available.

I haven't had a disconnect since.

In my case I think my Wireless adapter may have inadvertently tried to connect to one of the other wireless networks in my list of networks even though they weren't even present, idk.