Need laptop Wifi help

Please help,

Got a 5month old HP dm3 laptop. I travel for 20 days a month and use the internet at different hotels everyday. 50% of them are WIFI.

I have an Atheros AR5009 802.1 a/g/n wifi card that has started to mess up. I try to connect to the internet via WIFI, it shows the network I need with poor signal, but it always says "unable to connect." So I always request to switch rooms with the same outcome.

A few minutes ago, my friend came in w his circa2004 laptop and it connected right away with full signal. Mine shows poor signal and won't connect. WTF!!

I then walked out to the hallway and got a fair signal and it connected for a few minutes until I walked back inside the hotel room. We then walked to his room w both laptops on and his signal stayed strong, mine never got above a fair signal and mine never connecting. We then tried this w 2 other hotel room signal strengths w the same outcome.

The computer works good at my house, so what do you think it is??? If I have to drop $150 to get it fixed, might as well get a new one.

 

should be in technology, sorry.

 

Check for driver updates for your wifi card first. Update it if needed.

If no updates are available then try to uninstall then reinstall the driver.

 

It has the latest driver. I just reinstalled it. I then did system restore to the day I believe it started

Still the same

 

1. Are you using the windows connection utility or the one provided by the network card? Windows is more reliable. Try uninstalling the driver, then have windows find the driver automatically without any other software being installed.

2. Check for firmware updates

3. Sometimes there's an issue between the router and the network card. My Intel card in my old laptop hated 3Com routers. In this case, it's just the way things are.

 

As mentioned above. Uninstall and re-install.

 

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/welcome.html#Support

thats the hp website. check the model number and go back to original drivers from hp.

also are you using the hp wireless assistant? that can cause issues also