topic Re: Wireless on the S4XP in PCs & Accessories

Wireless on the S4XP

ndurve — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:17:45 GMT

I've just bought a S4XP, but the wireless connection seems quite unstable. It keeps fluctuating between 12 and 54Mbps, even when the laptop is right next to the access point. My friends laptop shows a constant 54Mbps at the same spot.

What should I do? I've upgraded the Wireless LAN driver to the 27 Sept 05 version.

Thanks.

Re: Wireless on the S4XP

tonybeard — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:48:07 GMT

Welcome to the forum,
Delete the driver and restart and it will be automatically reinstalled using the updated driver from Vaio Link

Re: Wireless on the S4XP

ndurve — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:56:29 GMT

Welcome to the forum, 
Delete the driver and restart and it will be automatically reinstalled using the updated driver from Vaio Link

How do I delete the driver? Thanks for your help !

Re: Wireless on the S4XP

kee-lo_ — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:29:01 GMT

Go to control panel > system > hardware tab > device manager and look for your wireless device

Right click it, and click uninstall

Restart the VAIO

Re: Wireless on the S4XP

rob001 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:50:15 GMT

Thanks for the useful post: I have a similar problem with the internal WLAN card on my FS285M. The speed just dwindles over time! Funny how every other wireless computer in the house works fine - and if I put a PCMCIA WiFi card in my VAIO(actually 'b' type) everything works fine!! Have re-installed the latest driver etc. I also have a Netgear wireless router/modem. I think this is a bug that definitely deserves Sony's attention since the whole idea is for a portable, self-contained laptop. Has anyone cracked this problem?

Re: Wireless on the S4XP

kee-lo_ — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:56:29 GMT

I think this is a bug that definitely deserves Sony's attention since the whole idea is for a portable, self-contained laptop.

Totally agree, it really needs addressing