Wireless Internet dies as I walk out of room

[Ermisenda]

Hey there,

My wireless internet works within the same room where the router is perfectly. When I leave the room, the internet works for a few minutes and then will dies out. All the other laptops work perfectly fine outside the room, it's just mine. I generally disconnect and reconnect and after a minute or two it'll reconnect for a few minutes. The network bars are usually at minimum 3 and sometimes even at the full 5, even though the browsers aren't working when I'm outside the room.

I disabled the power management on the wireless driver, as I read that might have been affecting it. My IP and DNS are on automatic. Both Protocol version 6 and 4 are ticked, when I've unticked protocol 6, it didn't make a difference with the connectivity issues.

Restarting the computer seems to fix the connectivity issues the best, but I think that's also because it takes a minute to do so.

I have a DELL 15R Inspiron which is like a week old. It might be a DELL issue as the other laptops aren't dell and connect fine. This is really frustrating and I hope it'll get solved soon with someone's awesome help. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Thanks,
E.

 

[mammador]

the network interface controller (the wifi card itself) may not be very strong, compared to your other devices.

On your router, set the signal to b/g/n (if it has this functionality). It will at least ensure that all wifi hosts can pick up the signal.

As a long term solution, change the drivers for the wifi card, or replace the NIC altogether.

 

[donfm]

Easy solution....don't walk out of the room! 😉 Sorry I couldn't resist.

As mammador said....sounds like the wifi card on your laptop is not working correctly. My son has a Dell Studio 15R and he can go all over the house and get a signal. Call Dell tech support and tell them what's going on. It's under warranty.