Vista Tutorial - Poor wireless performance

I have a Dell XPS laptop with the built in Intel wireless card. I'm
experiencing really poor performance (or non-performance) from my wireless
network. I'm only able to connect in one room of my house which happens to
be directly beneath my access point. I cannot connect anywhere else. Before
Vista B2, I was able to connect everywhere in my house while running XP. I
am typing this on another computer running XP that is connected to my network
wirelessly sitting right next to my Vista laptop that cannot connect. Every
now and then it will connect, but will show as Local Only and has no internet
connectivity. I have had nothing but problems with the wireless network
portion of Vista since I installed it.

Is there a driver update or a known problem/fix that I can install for my
Intel card?

I am just gonna echo what Zack says:
Could be the new networking stack - although Vista is at Beta 2, I wouldn't
have said that the actual networking stack is at the same quality. Make sure
that IPv6 is disabled in your settings... and try bugging it )
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport - options to bug.
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"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Dell XPS laptop with the built in Intel wireless card. I'm
> experiencing really poor performance (or non-performance) from my wireless
> network. I'm only able to connect in one room of my house which happens
> to
> be directly beneath my access point. I cannot connect anywhere else.
> Before
> Vista B2, I was able to connect everywhere in my house while running XP.
> I
> am typing this on another computer running XP that is connected to my
> network
> wirelessly sitting right next to my Vista laptop that cannot connect.
> Every
> now and then it will connect, but will show as Local Only and has no
> internet
> connectivity. I have had nothing but problems with the wireless network
> portion of Vista since I installed it.
>
> Is there a driver update or a known problem/fix that I can install for my
> Intel card?

I'll bug it. I got it working by moving approximately 6 feet further away
from the access point. Go figure.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> I am just gonna echo what Zack says:
> Could be the new networking stack - although Vista is at Beta 2, I wouldn't
> have said that the actual networking stack is at the same quality. Make sure
> that IPv6 is disabled in your settings... and try bugging it )
> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport - options to bug.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84D17085-2BD6-4D3C-8A0E-DDF00D0B5FFF@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Dell XPS laptop with the built in Intel wireless card. I'm
> > experiencing really poor performance (or non-performance) from my wireless
> > network. I'm only able to connect in one room of my house which happens
> > to
> > be directly beneath my access point. I cannot connect anywhere else.
> > Before
> > Vista B2, I was able to connect everywhere in my house while running XP.
> > I
> > am typing this on another computer running XP that is connected to my
> > network
> > wirelessly sitting right next to my Vista laptop that cannot connect.
> > Every
> > now and then it will connect, but will show as Local Only and has no
> > internet
> > connectivity. I have had nothing but problems with the wireless network
> > portion of Vista since I installed it.
> >
> > Is there a driver update or a known problem/fix that I can install for my
> > Intel card?
>
>
>

Are you using 802.11b still? Sometimes I've found (using my phone wireless
capabilities, has B by standard, no G) that even if you move further away
from the access point, it actually gets better signal than being near it at
times.

I guess it's all about directions and stuff...

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"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:463D8CD7-7076-4468-A99B-A45F4667CD3E@microsoft.com...
> I'll bug it. I got it working by moving approximately 6 feet further away
> from the access point. Go figure.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> I am just gonna echo what Zack says:
>> Could be the new networking stack - although Vista is at Beta 2, I
>> wouldn't
>> have said that the actual networking stack is at the same quality. Make
>> sure
>> that IPv6 is disabled in your settings... and try bugging it )
>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport - options to bug.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:84D17085-2BD6-4D3C-8A0E-DDF00D0B5FFF@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a Dell XPS laptop with the built in Intel wireless card. I'm
>> > experiencing really poor performance (or non-performance) from my
>> > wireless
>> > network. I'm only able to connect in one room of my house which
>> > happens
>> > to
>> > be directly beneath my access point. I cannot connect anywhere else.
>> > Before
>> > Vista B2, I was able to connect everywhere in my house while running
>> > XP.
>> > I
>> > am typing this on another computer running XP that is connected to my
>> > network
>> > wirelessly sitting right next to my Vista laptop that cannot connect.
>> > Every
>> > now and then it will connect, but will show as Local Only and has no
>> > internet
>> > connectivity. I have had nothing but problems with the wireless
>> > network
>> > portion of Vista since I installed it.
>> >
>> > Is there a driver update or a known problem/fix that I can install for
>> > my
>> > Intel card?
>>
>>
>>

On the subject of poor wireless performance, the IPv6 is the problem, as was
previously noted. THis is a new protocol that many open access connections
cannot understand.