Wireless access quesitons

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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

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Prashanth,

Thanks for the reply. This is just what I was looking for and I was about
to give up hope of anyone replying.

But, unfortunately, I got lost in your tips on Q2. I was unable to find any
of the options that you mentioned in any of the Properties dialogues. I
think I recall seeing them in the past but I was not able to find them now.
A little more guideance please.

Thanks,

Tom




"prashanth" <prashanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56A7625C-7200-4EC6-A8D9-0ECF8E05A55E@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> For q1: You can use both at a time ,there is nothing wrong in that.
>
> q2: Click on the network connections in the control panel,select the
> network
> adapter from the "lan or high speed internet" then right click and select
> properties on the network connection that you dont want to notify when
> disconnected.
>
> clear the check box " notify me when the connection has limited or no
> connectivity"
>
> this will help you from distraction.
>
> q3: There wont be any increase in the speed if you use one or two at a
> time.your PCMIA card is 54mbps and built card is 11mbps ,so your pcmia
> card
> is obviously faster . Here again ,your network should support 54mbps for
> that
> speed(I mean you should have 54mbps wireless router for your 54mbps pcmia
> card to work at higher speeds).we need to consider the signal strengths
> ,the
> better the signal the more the data transfer.your built adapter shows good
> signal strength at lower speeds,so builtin card is better for you.
>
> Hope your are clear with your wi-fi questions . . !
>
>
> Brown" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>