Wireless connects then disconnects

[Paulreg]

I have an IBM T43 running XP Pro SP2.
Wired network connections are fine but the wireless connects for a varible amount of time say 5 - 30 seconds and then disconnects. I have tried deleting the nic and reinstalling with the lastest drivers but I still get the problem. Other laptops connect to the access point OK.
Thanks
Paulreg

 

[linney]

Wireless Network card keeps losing connection (router is ok)
thread779-1134080

This quote from Fred Langa is worth considering.

"As for configuring your wireless, with each of the last four laptops I've gotten over the years, I've ended up eventually stripping out the vendor's proprietary wireless access management software and letting Windows manage the connections on its own. In XP especially, the wireless connection tools are pretty good and not hard to use. And, with only one tool trying to monitor and manage the wireless, things are much simpler. For example, you can tell the Windows tool NOT to try to connect to just any network it happens to find; to forget about networks you'll never see again; to connect automatically only to networks you know about and preapprove; and so forth. I keep hoping that some vendor will ship a truly effortless tool, but none in my experience has even come close; instead, the built-in Windows tool is still the best I've found."



Are there any clues in the Event Viewer?

Can you stay connected when in "Safe Mode with Networking"?

 

[Paulreg]

Hi and thanks for the post.
It turned out that the user of this laptop had loaded BT Broadband and that had loaded a service called Wireless Adapter Configurator. Once I disabled this, the laptop connected to the office wireless and stayed connected !