Dell Laptop Drops Wireless Frequently?

Jun 15, 2011

[CODE]Some supplemental information--Several months ago, I changed internet service from Dish Network/Wild Blue to Frontier which bundled Internet, Phone, and TV services together. With Dish, I had a Linksys router. Now I have the router that Frontier came and installed. Ever since, this Dell laptop drops wireless constantlyMy other laptop has no problems. I also take this laptop to work and use it wirelessly with NO problems.

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I brought my laptop 6 months back, initially i was using the wired internet, so internet was working fine.

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it's works fine if we keeping working with the system, but when ever we are watching movies with out any introductions then it will start disconnecting.

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Below are system details:Manufacturer: DellModel: N5050Processor: Intel(R) Core (TM) i3-2370M CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHzInstalled memory (RAM): 6.00 GBSystem type: 64-bin Operating System I have tried with below steps, but no luck.

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About a week and a half ago my n5050 began disconnecting from the internet and reconnecting about 20 seconds later.  This happens pretty frequently, about once a minute or so.  It makes doing anything over wifi almost impossible.  Plugging in an ethernet cable (directly from modem or from wireless router) keeps the internet connected.  My wife's laptop, coincidentally also a Dell, doesn't have this problem.  Neither do mine or my wife's iPhones or my kids' Nintendo DSs.  I'm totally lost.  I've tried uninstalling the adapter, updating it, updating the firmware on the router, changing the power options on the wireless adapter, changing wireless channels, uninstalled and completely removed AVG 2013, tried a clean boot, and more.  I'm getting real close to scrapping this computer and going with another brand...

Here is my system info:

Host Name: OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601OS Manufacturer: Microsoft CorporationOS Configuration: Standalone WorkstationOS Build Type: Multiprocessor FreeRegistered Owner:

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Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mandy-PC   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.tx.comcast.net.

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1) I've covered an antenna of some sort with the anti-static plastic (pea-sized piece).

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Studio XPS 7100
 
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