Poor reception for home....

cc103 · 09-19-2007, 05:38 PM

network. I have an HP Pavilion laptop that is about 4 yrs. old and I have another HP Pavilion laptop from my school that is about 2 to 3 yrs. old. I can set the 2 laptops side by side in my den and have excellent connection on the newer laptop at 53mbps. The other laptop (sitting right beside the other) gets poor to no reception at 11mbps.
Do I need to replace the NIC card or what in the older one or what?
I have a Linksys router with a range expander halfway between the router and laptops.

**TheMatt** · 09-19-2007, 07:17 PM

The wireless card probably is getting a good signal but it is an older wireless B card which is limited to 11 Mb/s. It won't slow down your internet but intranet transfers will be slower.

cc103 · 09-21-2007, 05:06 PM

With an older card I can see the slower speed and download rate but when I look at the connection it says "poor" , "weak" , "no connection", etc.... but I am on my other laptop and it has a strong signal

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Could I replace the card? Would that help?

**TheMatt** · 09-21-2007, 05:10 PM

What model HP is the older laptop?

cc103 · 09-21-2007, 05:34 PM

ze5300
It's a P4 processor with 512mb RAM. It's about 4 years old.

**TheMatt** · 09-21-2007, 05:36 PM

It should have a good signal strength and probably does have Wireless G. Does it seem to have this problem on other wireless networks?

Try switching the channel on the router.

cc103 · 09-21-2007, 06:50 PM

I have a Linksys range expander that sits half way between the laptop and router.

**TheMatt** · 09-21-2007, 08:19 PM

Unfortunately the transmitter power on the wireless card of the older laptop might be less powerful. You can get a PCMCIA wireless card if dropping the connection is becoming an issue.

09-19-2007, 05:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
cc103 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 65 OS: XP Home SP2	Poor reception for home.... network. I have an HP Pavilion laptop that is about 4 yrs. old and I have another HP Pavilion laptop from my school that is about 2 to 3 yrs. old. I can set the 2 laptops side by side in my den and have excellent connection on the newer laptop at 53mbps. The other laptop (sitting right beside the other) gets poor to no reception at 11mbps. Do I need to replace the NIC card or what in the older one or what? I have a Linksys router with a range expander halfway between the router and laptops.

09-19-2007, 07:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Poor reception for home.... The wireless card probably is getting a good signal but it is an older wireless B card which is limited to 11 Mb/s. It won't slow down your internet but intranet transfers will be slower. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-21-2007, 05:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
cc103 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 65 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Poor reception for home.... With an older card I can see the slower speed and download rate but when I look at the connection it says "poor" , "weak" , "no connection", etc.... but I am on my other laptop and it has a strong signal . Could I replace the card? Would that help?

09-21-2007, 05:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
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09-21-2007, 05:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
cc103 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 65 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Poor reception for home.... ze5300 It's a P4 processor with 512mb RAM. It's about 4 years old.

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09-21-2007, 08:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
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