Wireless issues.

[Aeowin]

So, recently I bought an Alienware laptop and it works great, but it has some issue with my wireless that it just disconnects throughout the day for a few seconds and then reconnects. Sometimes firefox gets put into work offline mode on its own as well.

Any ideas?

inb4 alienwares suck comments

[jmc]

Not gonna bash alienware, as I bought a brand new dell recently....... and alienware is owned by dell anyways right?


I would look into 2 things Aeo

1) Your router.... usually a sign of a router dying, is it dropping internet connection every now and then. From dealing with linksys routers, it usually seems to be the wireless that drops first. Are any other devices having issues online?


2) Your wireless drivers. When I got my dell in 2-3 weeks ago, the drivers on some devices were badly out of date. Had some drivers that had new versions out in 01/2010 but the drivers that were installed were from 06-07/2009. So I would look into updating those too

[Aeowin]

It can't be my router, I have 5 other laptops in my house and none of them have any trouble.

I'll try updating the drivers.