laptop wont stay connected

cmtar said:

... any ideas?

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I wish I could help you with your specific machine but I can only make a general comment about Windows restarting from Standby and Hibernation .. it has aways been problematic.

I just had to reboot my Thinkpad X60 because it wouldn't connect by itself after resuming from standby. It's been working better with each new driver upgrade. I'm now able to resume configuration about five out of six attempts.

--- CHAS

Have you gone in the power management settings in the control panel (assuming you're running a Windows machine)?

I had the came problem with my Linux laptop and was able to fix it with these settings, but it's a little different.

tcusta00 said:

Have you gone in the power management settings in the control panel (assuming you're running a Windows machine)?

I had the came problem with my Linux laptop and was able to fix it with these settings, but it's a little different.

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I am using windows, vista to be exact. I have and changed some setting but still nothing, what exactly would i be looking for and maybe i misssed that.

I don't know Vista at all so take this with a grain of salt...

There should be some power management options in your control panel that will give you the option to shut down the monitor, shut down the hard drive, put the computer into hiberate, etc. If you try turning some of those things off that may resolve your issue.

Go to the Dell website, using the SVC Tag number from the bottom of the laptop see if there are new drivers for the wireless.

Talk to Dell support if none or that doesn't help.

There should be a power options applet in the control panel. Tell the OS to "do nothing" when you close the laptop.