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Hi,
I have a laptop to access a wireless network and I have a built-in wireless
adapter and also a PCMCIA wireless adapter. I have two questions concerning
this.
#1. Is it ok to leave them both running at the same time? For some reason,
the built-in sometimes has a stronger signal but it frequently disconnects
and reconnects.
#2. The reason am so aware of these connects and disconnects is that the
informational Ballons keep popping up from my System Tray. I am talking
about CONSTANT (usually a couple of times each minute) messages and they are
very distracting. Is there any way to disable to Ballons without removing
the Systray Connection Icon altogether?
Now that I think of it, I have one more question so I guess this would be
#3.
I am unable to determine which one works best. The built-in adapter tells
me that the connection strength is Good or Excellent but is only showing a
speed of 1.0 to 5.5 Mbps. The PCMCIA card shows signal strength of Very Low
but shows a speed of 11.0 Mbps. In that situation, which one is more
capable of transfering data. That leads back to question #1. Do I get
better connectivity by running them both at the same time> BTW, my PCMCIA
card is a 54 Mbps card but the WAP is only 11 Mbps.
Thanks,
Tom
Hi,
I have a laptop to access a wireless network and I have a built-in wireless
adapter and also a PCMCIA wireless adapter. I have two questions concerning
this.
#1. Is it ok to leave them both running at the same time? For some reason,
the built-in sometimes has a stronger signal but it frequently disconnects
and reconnects.
#2. The reason am so aware of these connects and disconnects is that the
informational Ballons keep popping up from my System Tray. I am talking
about CONSTANT (usually a couple of times each minute) messages and they are
very distracting. Is there any way to disable to Ballons without removing
the Systray Connection Icon altogether?
Now that I think of it, I have one more question so I guess this would be
#3.
I am unable to determine which one works best. The built-in adapter tells
me that the connection strength is Good or Excellent but is only showing a
speed of 1.0 to 5.5 Mbps. The PCMCIA card shows signal strength of Very Low
but shows a speed of 11.0 Mbps. In that situation, which one is more
capable of transfering data. That leads back to question #1. Do I get
better connectivity by running them both at the same time> BTW, my PCMCIA
card is a 54 Mbps card but the WAP is only 11 Mbps.
Thanks,
Tom