Intel 2200 b/g Woes

I have an IBM R50e laptop which has an Intel 2200 b/g Wi Fi chip-set.

When I turn it in (or come out of standby/hibernation) it takes an age to
connect to my Netgear WAP. Net Stumbler picks up the signal straightaway
but I have to open the Intel Wi Fi manager app, turn it off nd on, select
a profile and reset its parameters and after 5 minutes or so I get
connected. Once its connected it works very well.

I have the latest Intel drivers installed. I have switched from WEP to WPA
security and it seems slower since the switch but is a pain with WEP as
well.

Is this a feature of 2200b/g? Would I be better off getting a Netgear
PCMCIA card (pre n to match the WAP)?

Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated, it's making using the laptop a
real PITA!

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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:25:38 -0000, "Jeff Gaines"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>I have an IBM R50e laptop which has an Intel 2200 b/g Wi Fi chip-set.
>
>When I turn it in (or come out of standby/hibernation) it takes an age to
>connect to my Netgear WAP. Net Stumbler picks up the signal straightaway
>but I have to open the Intel Wi Fi manager app, turn it off nd on, select
>a profile and reset its parameters and after 5 minutes or so I get
>connected. Once its connected it works very well.
>
>I have the latest Intel drivers installed. I have switched from WEP to WPA
>security and it seems slower since the switch but is a pain with WEP as
>well.
>
Mine sometimes takes a while to connect as well (also an Intel 2200BG
mini-PCI card but on a Panasonic CF-50). Right clicking the icon in
the system tray and selecting the profile often gives it a kick up the
arse when first connecting. For some reason, it doesn't always pick up
an IP address although it is connected to the network. Not sure
whether that's Windows, the router, or the card but doing a
cmd>ipconfig /release and renew sorts it out straight away.

I only really get the extended connection problems when the laptop's
been away from the network and has to try and remember what it's
doing. If it's just been rebooted then it seems to come up straight
away.

>Is this a feature of 2200b/g? Would I be better off getting a Netgear
>PCMCIA card (pre n to match the WAP)?
>
Why not just get anoter card to fit internally to the laptop? I don't
like things protuding from mine.

>Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated, it's making using the laptop a
>real PITA!

Computers are a PITA whatever, ITYM _more_ of a PITA.
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Regards,
Stuart.

I have this adapter in an IBM T42 running driver version 9.0.4.33 dated
08/02/2007 with no problems - connects within 6 seconds or so from standby
mode. Perhaps check that any power saving features for the card are disabled
for maximum performance.

I did find WEP more reliable than WPA for recovery from standby so I simply
use 64 bit encription WEP key.

Hope this helps - Cheeers from Mike.

On 23/04/2007 in message <Rw_Wh.5826$(E-Mail Removed)>
Mike Sun wrote:

>I have this adapter in an IBM T42 running driver version 9.0.4.33 dated
>08/02/2007 with no problems - connects within 6 seconds or so from standby
>mode. Perhaps check that any power saving features for the card are
>disabled for maximum performance.
>
>I did find WEP more reliable than WPA for recovery from standby so I
>simply use 64 bit encription WEP key.
>
>Hope this helps - Cheeers from Mike.

Many thanks Lurch & Mike :-)

I have set the adaptor to maximum power and will see how it goes - it also
has the 9.0.4.33 drivers. I've used WEP for years, I only changed to WPA
because of the 'scare' stories about how east WEP is to crack. I may go
back to WEP if these problems continue.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:15:09 -0000, "Jeff Gaines"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>>I did find WEP more reliable than WPA for recovery from standby so I
>>simply use 64 bit encription WEP key.
>>
>>Hope this helps - Cheeers from Mike.
>
>Many thanks Lurch & Mike :-)
>
>I have set the adaptor to maximum power and will see how it goes - it also
>has the 9.0.4.33 drivers. I've used WEP for years, I only changed to WPA
>because of the 'scare' stories about how east WEP is to crack. I may go
>back to WEP if these problems continue.

Mine's on 128 bit WEP btw, with 9.0.4.17 drivers (I'm retro).
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Regards,
Stuart.