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Old 01-31-2006, 01:53 PM   #1
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Question sugesstions wireless PCI adaptor

My wifes wireless pci adaptor keeps loosing/droping connection and will reconnect intermittenly, sometimes its a pain in the but, its a d-link , and i think the model is 520,from what i've found out this is common for this card, any sugestions on how to fix this or a sugesstion on a reasonably priced solid card that wont do this.
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Is that a PCI wireless card for a desktop pc? The DWL-520 is an older 11b card. I'd recommend a Linksys 54g to replace it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833124115
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My wifes wireless pci adaptor keeps loosing/droping connection and will reconnect intermittenly, sometimes its a pain in the but, its a d-link , and i think the model is 520,from what i've found out this is common for this card, any sugestions on how to fix this or a sugesstion on a reasonably priced solid card that wont do this.
This is pretty common - I have the same card and my Win98SE system too is disconnected intermittenly. I highly suggest looking into Linksys.

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What brand and model is the router/wap?
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The router is the one supplied by my DSL Service it's an Actiontec DSL Gateway model# GT704-WG
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Old 02-01-2006, 03:29 PM   #6
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In that case, any brand adapter would probably be as good as any, I personally prefer the Linksys WMP54G.
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