Turn off wireless card energy-saving settings to solve the problem of frequent drop of laptop access WiFi network

Recently bought a Samsung R430 second-hand, configuration Pentium Dual-core T4500, 2GB memory and GeForce 310M graphics card, the speed is good, but after access to the WiFi network often drop line, and after the line is not able to search for wireless signal.

Originally thought is the problem of wireless router, and switch to network cable access to the wireless router is normal, the initial discrimination is the wireless network card driver compatibility problem. Detection, the Samsung R430 adopted Broadcom wireless network card, login to Samsung official website, query and download the latest Broadcom wireless network card driver, after installation to solve the problem of WiFi drop.

Unfortunately, in the use of thunder or BT download software, the time is long or will automatically stop, download software will be in the offline state, and usually browsing the web, listening to online music is normal. After groping, this is the wireless card automatically energy-saving, the solution is to click the taskbar Wireless network icon, select "Open Network and Sharing Center" (see Figure 1).

Click the Change Adapter Settings button on the left. Right-click the wireless Network connection icon and select the Properties option, after clicking the Configure button, switch to the Power Management tab, Cancel "Allow the computer to turn off this device to conserve power" (Figure 2), and then click the "Confirm" button, Even for a long time downloading will not fall off the line.

Editor's note: Many years of experience tells us that many non-Intel network adapters in the notebook energy-saving mode, will encounter the wireless network card energy-saving situation. You can use power management settings to turn off the wireless network card energy-saving settings, you can upgrade the driver at any time to solve these problems.