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I recently purchased a WRT54G wireless router. I installed it when I had
Win XP. It worked great, excellent signal strength. When I switched to
Vista, my connectivity dropped to Fair and sometimes to Limited. There
are no obstructions. I changed nothing except the OS. The linksys tech
support site was so busy they shut it down, as they say, to serve us
better! My computer is an Acer laptop, Aspire 5050. Any suggestions on
how to boost signal strength? Is it something to do with Vista Settings?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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robdot <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I recently purchased a WRT54G wireless router. I installed it when I had
>Win XP. It worked great, excellent signal strength. When I switched to
>Vista, my connectivity dropped to Fair and sometimes to Limited. There
>are no obstructions. I changed nothing except the OS. The linksys tech
>support site was so busy they shut it down, as they say, to serve us
>better! My computer is an Acer laptop, Aspire 5050. Any suggestions on
>how to boost signal strength? Is it something to do with Vista Settings?
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lovely. Could you supply the missing 4 numbers after the Acer Aspire
5050-xxxx? I think (not sure), that the 5050-xxxx uses Acer Invilink
cards, which I think (not sure) are Atheros AR5005G based. Higher end
models use a Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG. The most likely culprit is
the wireless driver for one of these devices. Which one is determined
by your exact model number.

If it's an Intel 3945ABG, you might want to try the latest Intel
drivers instead of those supplied by Acer.
<http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro3945abg/index.htm>

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robdot <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I recently purchased a WRT54G wireless router. I installed it when I had
>Win XP. It worked great, excellent signal strength. When I switched to
>Vista, my connectivity dropped to Fair and sometimes to Limited. There
>are no obstructions. I changed nothing except the OS. The linksys tech
>support site was so busy they shut it down, as they say, to serve us
>better! My computer is an Acer laptop, Aspire 5050. Any suggestions on
>how to boost signal strength? Is it something to do with Vista Settings?
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I just blundered across this item:
<http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-RTM-Resolved-Wireless-Connectivity-Issues-41676.shtml>
It seems that in Vista, MS has tweaked the power save settings in
their release to mfg beta. Presumably, this was fixed in the final
release, but there's no guarantee. Please check the settings.

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Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558