RE: [Thinkpad] T41p: wireless drops connection every 2-3 minutes

From: Andrew Webber <awebber_at_wwwebbers.com>
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 14:15:18 EST

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:44:40 -0500, Andrew Webber wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:21:02 -0700, Steve Hultquist wrote:
>
>>From another list I'm on:
>>
>>On client card settings:
>>
>>1. Make SURE you are using long preamble option
>>2. Make SURE you have the RTS/CTS threshold set to 2347
>>3. Make SURE you disable power-save or any other power
>> 'features'
>>
>>Best regards,
>>ssh
>
>I went into Control Panel | System | Network Adapters |
>Advanced and found the following for the 11a/b/g adapter:
>
>802.11b Preamble: Long and Short (other choice Long only)
>Power Save Mode: Normal (other choices Maximum and Off)
>and nothing related to RTS/CTS
>
>Are you saying I need to change the first two? And where
>do I find RTS/CTS?
>
>FWIW, I had Forte Agent downloading Usenet messages while this was
>happening, so it's not an inactivity issue with the network card.

I changed the preamble to Long Only and turned off Power Save.
Same thing, got a few minutes and then disconnected, immediately
after that I was told one network was available.

andrew [awebber@wwwebbers.com]
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