Intermittent Wireless on a Dell Inspiron 1520

[sander9860]

My wireless connects fine, but the connection will be constantly disrupted when my wifi card just stops working, with the wifi light blinking on the side of my computer. I have a dual boot with vista and this doesn't happen in the same location. My wifi card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan], as listed in lspci.

Any help would be appreciated.

[urugTON]

You did not mention what Ubuntu you were using. I have a 1510 with the same 3945 card and I'm having no difficulties using it in a variety of locations on a daily basis.

I'm currently running 9.04. I had to get backported drivers and install Wicd to get the card working on 8.04. The 8.10 LiveCD ran the card from the first boot. I believe, but can not prove, that 9.04 wireless is some faster and more robust than 8.10. I also like the fact that 9.04 boots a lot faster.

The only issues I run into with wireless on either my Vostro 1510 or my Latitude D610 (also running 9.04) is making the initial connections at Starbucks. Just Starbucks, no other coffee shops. :confused:

[sander9860]

Oh sorry I'm running jaunty 32-bit. This might not be a dell specific problem. I might be better off asking in a more general place.