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silents429:
Hold up here. Are you saying it is possible for me to take the Vaio wireless card mah bobber out and put it into my lenovo laptop?
(Edit- Just tried doing that, Vaio card is twice the size and requires 3 cords plugged in, while lenovo one has only 2)
I have gone up and down and optimized the Router to the best of my knowledge, testing settings to various degrees. Right now it's secure and operates wonderful. Just not on this laptop.
I was and almost got the 3rd party firmware, but unfortunately I chickened out, despite having full support for it.
Guess the idea of bricking something worries me despite "hacking" a few other electronics of mine.
--- Quote from: Boggin on April 07, 2015, 03:31:26 pm ---Even though all other devices (except the Kindle) work fine, simply rebooting the router can do it.
You can check which wireless adapter the Lenovo is using by pressing the Window key or clicking on the Start orb and type devmgmt.msc and press enter - click on View/Show hidden devices then expand Network adapters.
The quickest way to renew a wireless driver is to wire up to the router, right click on the wireless adapter and select Uninstall, but do not check the box to include software - and then reboot where Windows will reinstate it.
While I don't have an explanation for the Kindle, check to see if the laptop's speed is just as slow when booted up into Safe Mode with Networking.
With the speed being normal when wired, it probably isn't anything running in the background, but in normal mode go Start - type resmon - press enter and under the Network tab you can check which processes are using network activity as well as the total network activity by expanding the window below the top one.
To check the signal strength between the laptop and the router, open a command prompt and enter netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
This will show the signal strength against the router's SSID.
With the laptop next to the router, it should be at least 98%.
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Well of course I have attempted to reset the router, I already said no change during safe mode, I already said what wireless hardware is being used, just not the specific realtek model of it, I have already done everything I could relating to drivers.
Lenovo's access connections when turned on shows I have an 87% signal strength.
Boggin:
If the 87% is when you are near the router, then that is quite low, so perhaps it is on the way out and you should source a replacement.
If you don't know the make of the wireless adapter, how have you done everything you can regarding its drivers ?
What does Device Manager/Network adapters list as your wireless adapter ?
While this is for something else but can apply to Lenovo machines, if you haven't already then you should check to see if yours came with Superfish pre-installed. https://filippo.io/Badfish/
I think I would follow up the auto removal with the manual steps if the machine is found to have Superfish pre-installed.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_uninstall
silents429:
--- Quote from: Boggin on April 08, 2015, 12:34:50 am ---If the 87% is when you are near the router, then that is quite low, so perhaps it is on the way out and you should source a replacement.
If you don't know the make of the wireless adapter, how have you done everything you can regarding its drivers ?
What does Device Manager/Network adapters list as your wireless adapter ?
While this is for something else but can apply to Lenovo machines, if you haven't already then you should check to see if yours came with Superfish pre-installed. https://filippo.io/Badfish/
I think I would follow up the auto removal with the manual steps if the machine is found to have Superfish pre-installed.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_uninstall
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87% from my bedroom. It goes up when I am next to it. Signal doesn't have anything to do with it.
" wireless card is a Lenovo Thinkpad 1x1 11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adapter (Made by Realtek) "
I don't know the realtek specific model. As in when you go to Realtek's site I don't know the model they are asking about. I still know how to go to Lenovo's site and get drivers.
I don't know what superfish is, but I am not on a pre installed system, I don't have any of the junk such as that on my computer.
Boggin:
Distance from the router will affect signal strength and signal strength to speed is relevant http://science.opposingviews.com/wifi-signal-strength-affect-speed-24087.html
Go back into Device Manager/Network adapters, right click on the wireless one and select Properties.
Under the Details tab use the dropdown and click on Ids which will display the VEN & DEV Nos.
My Realtek is VEN_10EC&DEV_8176 as in http://sciencespaces.com/search/PCI%5CVEN_10EC--ds--DEV_8176/
Put your VEN & DEV Nos into the top search box as I've typed mine to see if it has any later drivers for your OS than what you have installed.
You can check the date of your driver under the Driver tab.
As this is a 3rd party site, create a restore point before installing.
silents429:
--- Quote from: Boggin on April 08, 2015, 08:40:40 am ---Distance from the router will affect signal strength and signal strength to speed is relevant http://science.opposingviews.com/wifi-signal-strength-affect-speed-24087.html
Go back into Device Manager/Network adapters, right click on the wireless one and select Properties.
Under the Details tab use the dropdown and click on Ids which will display the VEN & DEV Nos.
My Realtek is VEN_10EC&DEV_8176 as in http://sciencespaces.com/search/PCI%5CVEN_10EC--ds--DEV_8176/
Put your VEN & DEV Nos into the top search box as I've typed mine to see if it has any later drivers for your OS than what you have installed.
You can check the date of your driver under the Driver tab.
As this is a 3rd party site, create a restore point before installing.
--- End quote ---
I have already searched my with those ID's it links me to Lenovos page for the wireless card as named above. I already said my drivers are dated 2014
I am at this point almost 120% certain it isn't my drivers.
I don't have an option saying for Ven and Dev but the hardware ID is PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_819510EC&REV_01
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