Intel 1030 wireless card can exhibit weak signal strength, intermittent connection drops and/or failure to connect to a wireless network

Ø  The Intel 1030 wireless card can exhibit weak signal strength, intermittent connection drops and/or failure to connect to a wireless network

Ø  Perform the following steps to rectify the issue

q  Open Device Manager

q  Expand Network Adapters, right click the wireless card and choose Properties

q  Click the Advanced tab and make the following changes

ü  Disable 802.11n Mode

ü  Change Ad Hoc Channel 802.11b/g to 6

ü  Change Ad Hoc QoS Mode to WMM Enabled

ü  Change Mixed Mode Protection to RTS/CTS Enabled

ü  Change Roaming Aggressiveness to Highest

ü  Change Transmit Power to Highest

q  Click the Power management tab

ü  Uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power

q  Open Power Options

ü  Click Change plan settings for the selected power profile

ü  Click Change advanced power settings

ü  Under Wireless Adapter Settings , click Power Saving Mode and change the settings to Maximum Performance

q  Open the router page

ü  Change router channel to 6

ü  Change CTS Protection Type from CTS Only to RTS_CTS