Administrators Hervé Posted July 15, 2012 Administrators Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well, I've had those Wireless gremlins on my D620 today at my Dad's. If I moved more than 5m away from his Wireless router to a room separated by a thick stone wall, I couldn't connect to his network at all. Sometimes, the network was not listed, sometimes it was listed but I couldn't connect. When I moved within 5m of the router, I could connect. I didn't have that problem with the D630, I could always connect. What difference between the two? -> D630 has Broadcom/Dell 1390 card, reported capabilities 802.11b/g -> D620 has Broadcom/Dell 1490 card, reported capabilities 802.11a/b/g Sitting side by side at approximately 3m of the router, the Dell 1390 card reports 54Mbps, whilst the Dell 1490 reports 18Mbps. Obviously the 1490, being 802.11a capable, is more sensitive to signal disturbance and performing much less than the 1390. I'll have to swap them to verify if indeed it's a card issue and eventually get rid of the 1490 for a 1390. I would suggest you get real close to your Wireless router to check things out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommie Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Hi Herve, Sorry for delay on replying...my second daughter was born this week. I don't have ethernet either...so no connectivity at all Any suggestions? Kind regards, Tom Hi Herve, The Chameleon update fixed all the issues!!! Wireless + general performance is OK now. I would never have found this without your help. Thank you very much for all your help and support. Kind regards, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted July 18, 2012 Administrators Share Posted July 18, 2012 try swapping the antenna positions on the wifi cards, it should be a black wire and a white wire also maybe there not seated fully on the wifi antenna connectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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