Very strange DV7 wireless problem

[RonFarley]

I just got a new Pavilion dv7 laptop and I have the same problem.  Wireless connection stays but IE and Mozilla will stop working after a short time.

I have to disconnect and reconnect to my network to get it to work again.  Not sure what is causing it.   My wife's laptop stays online no problem.

Linksys 802.11g. 

[kuldip]

I am experiencing the same problem on my dv7 purchased a few months back. Did you get any solution to this problem?

[HP_T3CH]

HI hope this helps,

Go to control panel > power options> under your selected power options click on change plan settings >change advanced power settings> look for the setting for your wireless card and set the power setting mode to never.

[nazcar4u]

What Anti-Virus are you running? After you installed it did you run the Norton Removal Tool at http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?OpenDocument

 

[kuldip]

Thanx for all the responses. My problems were resolved after bios and device driver update for wireless card.

[edbergjun]

try connecting to the internet first by using a cabled connection (lan)....if you can connect and theres no problem your wifi card might have a problem...if you have another laptop try swaping its wifi cards and try to connect to the internet...

[edbergjun]

dont forget to install the driver of the card youve swapped...

[brickdIT]

I have the exact same problem with my HDX 16 as you and hundreds of others describe on this sight with HP's various laptops. From reading other forums, including some here, i think its a route and your wireless card compatibility issue. Older tech and newer tech. Here's something from a forum from mydigitallife.com about someone with the same problem who had some thorough feed back. It seemed like he fixed it (he had an HDX16t)

o "I did finally call HP, and between them telling me, and these and other forums, I seem to think it's definitely the router. The router is around 4 years old, and was of course Pre-Vista by that age. I just went this morning and got a new Linksys-N-G-B capable router and am gonna try that tonight. I'm at work now, so just gotta wait till then. But if that works fine, then I shall try the better encryption you suggested. I figured the MAC address filter was a bad idea. Well, we shall see if the new router fixes the problem. I'll post my results."

the next day...

o "Now as for my wireless issues everyone, I did purchase a new Linksys N Ultra RangePlus router. It does N/G/B modes, so it's backwards compatible. Anyways, so far so good. I haven't had any disconnects at all. Keepin my fingers crossed that was all it was. I'll update if I continue having issues with the wireless."

What you could do to check this without spending much:

- Check what type your wireless card is. N-G or whichever and check what your router is broadcasting. If they differ but your not convinced, next time your traveling and checked into a hotel with free wireless, see if you can connect and stay connected. If you can, ask to see there router.

Ill give this a shot soon with my HDX16t and post what i find. Then praise the guy from mydigitallife because the problem is probably just that HP updated their wireless cards to a faster type, and the worlds routers are still, so to say/becoming, in the legacy stage.

[Jimboa]

 I have the Pavilion dv7-1262us with Vista Home Premium 64.

I have the same problem as well.  I have the Netgear WPN824.  My wifi indicator on the top panel was always red regardless of status.  The HP support went through some things and eventually told me to do a backup and reinstall  the default system.  Now everything is working good except that now when I turn on my computer it won't link up to my hotpoint.  I have to link up to a local open network link, and it won't work, then I link back to mine and it then works.  The name is changed to "blablabla 2"  any suggestions.

[UseFreeSoftware]

Hi,

Thanks to all for helpful posts.  My behavior (which is exactly similar btw... connection to router, ping works, DL for WinderzUpdate works, etc.) started after I msconfig'd to turn off all the pre-installed garbage that was bogging down my system.  I use this laptop for one thing only; connecting to the internet when I don't feel like being in the office in the basement, so I wasn't in the mood to do a bunch of reinstalls, driver DL via another computer moved over via USB key etc.

After WinderzUpdates and HP updates did nothing to fix it I re-enabled the Norton free trial crap and it all started working again.  Thanks for the ad-ware HP.

42 - j13