Broadcom WIFI card with Acer laptop wont hold internet connection PLEASE help
I did some more research on this wifi card, seems like acer is not the only pc that has problems with it dropping the internet. I wonder if it might be a Win7 and the new driver for the wifi card, however it was doing the same thing with the old driver. I did a ipconfig/all here are the results.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Signa>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jake-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 5C-AC-4C-09-A6-78
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 5C-AC-4C-09-A6-78
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2157:b6f1:5b6d:b363%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:32:49 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 01, 2011 11:32:49 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 324840524
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-00-BE-10-C8-0A-A9-F9-22-AE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Con
troller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C8-0A-A9-F9-22-AE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B198D701-41EF-4225-834D-F98ECC04E94B}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{11C34AFF-DB74-4147-AA0E-B5F1886513CF}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{EC8A359B-C9F3-42A2-9D22-E70DA813F961}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:cca:11a3:bae3:ddc9(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cca:11a3:bae3:ddc9%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\Users\Signa>
I changed a couple of settings also
On the Atheros ethernet controller
Turned off the wake up capabilities in advanced settings
Unchecked allow computer to turn off the device to save power in power management
Broadcom 802.11n changes to settings
Afterburner enabled
Bluetooth collaboration disabled (I dont have anything bluetooth)
Minimum Power Consumption disabled
Roam Tendency Conservative (I really dont want it to roam I only use it at home on my network is there a setting to shut this off and can I)
Wake up mode none
WMM disabled (but Im wondering if I should turn it back on I like to hook my laptop to my flat screen thru hdmi will this setting affect it?)
Xpress (TM) Technology enabled (is this good)
IBSS Mode is set at 802.11b only... Im wondering if I should change this setting to 54g performance or something
Power Management
both options unchecked
Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adapter
Power Management options unchecked
Well I was going to say all was going well but just before I could hit submit on this post I lost connection and laptop locked up during troubleshooting. Had to do a hard reboot. I was so scared that I was going to have to type this all over, but google chrome opened up my last pages and it was all still here thank goodness.
So now what do you tech people think I should try? Someone had mentioned that it could possibly be interference from cb radios (hmmm Sheriff's office is right down the street)
