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Atheros AR9285 constantly disconnecting/reconnecting
Hi there,
I have an HP DV7 4010-TX bought from Australia roughly 4 years ago, I am now residing in the UK. For the past few days I have been having problems with my wireless card (Atheros AR9285) constantly disconnecting and reconnecting to my network as well as timing out whilst loading websites etc. This seems to be getting progressively worse; started off every half hour and now every two minutes. I have also noticed that the signal strnegth is now only good compared to excellent before.
So far I have uninstalled and reinstalled my card using the latest drivers as well as some previous ones, reset my internet protocol setting using command prompt and tried to use the windows troubleshooter which finds no problem as the network connects again before it detects that there is no internet connection. All other devices in the house using wireless work fine, xbox 360, other laptops and mobile phones. The computer has been on the same desk for two years with the router in the same place with no real problems.
Is there anything further that I can try or does it look as if my wireless card is dying? If so can anyone recommend a suitable replacement for me. If there's anything I have missed out please let me know, little new to this kind of stuff.
Thanks for any help and suggestions!
Cheers,
Millsy
System Specs
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz 50 °C
Clarksfield 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 1449 (CPU) 50 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
VX2239 SERIES (1920x1080@60Hz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (HP) 50 °C
Storage
596GB Western Digital WDC WD6400BPVT-00HXZT1 (SATA) 29 °C
Optical Drives
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
hp DVDRAM GT30L
Audio
ATI High Definition Audio Device
Network
You are connected to the internet
Connected through Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
IP Address 192.168.1.76
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 192.168.1.254
Preferred DNS server 208.67.220.220
DHCP Enabled
DHCP server 192.168.1.254
External IP Address 91.125.177.81
Adapter Type IEEE 802.11 wireless
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Enabled via DHCP
NETBIOS Node Type Hybrid node
Link Speed 0 Bps
Computer Name
NetBIOS Name MILLS-PC
DNS Name Mills-PC
Membership Part of workgroup
Workgroup WORKGROUP
Remote Desktop
Disabled
Console
State Active
Domain Mills-PC
EH-Tcp
State Listen
WinInet Info
LAN Connection
Local system uses a local area network to connect to the Internet
Local system has RAS to connect to the Internet
Wi-Fi Info
Using native Wi-Fi API version 2
Available access points count 1
Wi-Fi (PlusnetWirelessB394D0)
SSID PlusnetWirelessB394D0
Frequency 2412000 kHz
Channel Number 1
Name PlusnetWirelessB394D0
Signal Strength/Quality 42
Security Enabled
State The interface is connected to a network
Dot11 Type Infrastructure BSS network
Network Connectible
Network Flags Currently Connected to this network
Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network AES-CCMP algorithm
Default Auth used to join this network for the first time 802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK
WinHTTPInfo
WinHTTPSessionProxyType No proxy
Session Proxy
Session Proxy Bypass
Connect Retries 5
Connect Timeout (ms) 60,000
HTTP Version HTTP 1.1
Max Connects Per 1.0 Servers INFINITE
Max Connects Per Servers INFINITE
Max HTTP automatic redirects 10
Max HTTP status continue 10
Send Timeout (ms) 30,000
IEProxy Auto Detect No
IEProxy Auto Config
IEProxy
IEProxy Bypass
Default Proxy Config Access Type No proxy
Default Config Proxy
Default Config Proxy Bypass
Sharing and Discovery
Network Discovery Enabled
File and Printer Sharing Enabled
File and printer sharing service Enabled
Simple File Sharing Enabled
Administrative Shares Enabled
Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
Adapters List
Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Connection Name Wireless Network Connection 2
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address C2-46-19-13-25-35
Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Connection-specific DNS Suffix lan
Connection Name Wireless Network Connection
NetBIOS over TCPIP Yes
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address C4-46-19-13-25-35
IP Address 192.168.1.76
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 192.168.1.254
DHCP 192.168.1.254
DNS Server 208.67.220.220
EasyTether Network Adapter
Connection Name Local Area Connection 2
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address 02-00-54-74-68-72
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Connection Name Bluetooth Network Connection
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address 70-F3-95-53-9C-01
Network Shares
Users C:\Users
HP psc 1600 series HP psc 1600 series,LocalsplOnly
Current TCP Connections
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe (11460)
GeekBuddyRSP.exe (1320)
lsass.exe (644)
postgres.exe (2428)
services.exe (636)
spoolsv.exe (1536)
svchost.exe (1080)
svchost.exe (3240)
svchost.exe (396)
svchost.exe (648)
svchost.exe (928)
System Process
System Process
wininit.exe (560)
wmpnetwk.exe (3600)