Erratic wireless performance after waking up from sleep
I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium version 6.1.7600. My network adapter is Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n, and I'm using an HP Pavilion dm4. Usually, when I wake up the computer, the wifi has trouble connecting despite the presence of a strong connection. I can cajole it into working by disconnecting and reconnecting until I get an error; when I do, I click the troubleshooter, hoping to see Resolving Problems. When I see that, it says it has reset the wireless network adapter, and then wifi seems to work normally. Any ideas? It's annoying to have to do this almost every time I come back from sleep. Thanks. Oh, and I've exported the information that gets dumped after the adapter is reset. Not sure how much of it would be useful.
February 21st, 2011 7:29pm

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February 22nd, 2011 4:33am

Go to Device Manager, expand Network Adapters, right click on your Wireless adapter and select Properties. Click on the power management tab and uncheck Allow this computer to turn off this deice to save power. and click OK. Jerry
February 22nd, 2011 7:18pm

My apologies for the delay; I was giving it a try for a few days. It doesn't look like this quite did the trick, particularly when I switch networks. Besides, I only saw this option under Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter, and not under my Broadcom device. That one just has an Advanced tab with a bunch of options (Afterburner, AP Compatibility Mode, etc.). I appreciate the help so far!
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February 28th, 2011 12:52am

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