Comments on: Intel ProSet 2200BG problems

By: rob acton

rob acton — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:41:16 +0000

have a Toshiba Satellite M35 and all of a sudden an my system crashes. The error message states an online crash. When I send the report to the microsoft online crash analysis it says the error is caused by: Intel Pro/Wireless LAN 2200BG adapter software (w22n51.sys). I was told by toshiba to restore my system with my restore cd. Unfortunately, I am unbale to find my restore cd for this. I was told by intel to download latest driver, to no prevail. Is there anything I can do before giving it to a tech to which will cost me a $100 just to have them look at it. I understand if I need to do that which is no problem, I just want it to exhaust all options first. Thanks for any and all replies.

By: Terraform

Terraform — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:21:21 +0000

In my apartment block there are 27 people with mostly brand new COMPAQ PC’s, all extremely pi**ed off due to being unable to use the wifi system.

Notebook manufacturers please take note, especially Compaq. Use Intel chipsets at your peril, you are losing the goodwill of hundreds of thousands of people due to Intel. HINT – CHANGE YOUR SUPPLIER…

By: michele

michele — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:24:47 +0000

hello AGAIN TROUBLES with xp sp3, as soon as i’m installed the upgrade i started again big issues… the signal strenght is often too low and i’m really fed up. they say in italy it is a prblem to buy an atheros mini pci-e card, am i bound to remain with this *?^#@!!! intel?

By: nooberson

nooberson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:42:19 +0000

dell has discontinued the 2200BG:
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro2200bg/sb/CS-028972.htm

amen!

it doesnt help me. i just received my brand new dell inspiron 8 hours ago, and have spent the last 7 hours finding it out what a nightmare it is (cuz i obviously have the 2200 installed – thats how i found this site).

either i will have to learn how to fix it, or send the laptop back to dell and demand they put a non intel in it.

either way, at least future owners/users wont have to deal with this crappy product.

By: nooberson

nooberson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:34:57 +0000

dell has discontinued the 2200BG: http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro2200bg/sb/CS-028972.htm

By: Jason Butterworth

Jason Butterworth — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:22:51 +0000

Anybody having trouble with Intel 2200BG Wireless cards and BTHomeHub recently?

The problem is with the latest BTHomehub router firmware revision (6.2.6.E) which appears to be incompatible with the retained Wireless settings. When the router does a firmware upgrade all by itself it does so but retains all your settings. In the past this is worked in most cases but this latest firmware revision leaves your Wifi cards (Intel 2200BG specifically) high and dry with the ability to see networks but not connect to them so much so that the wireless digital certificate that your router downloads prevents your wifi device from connecting to anything else.
Performing a factory reset (Pressing the Wifi connect button on the back for 20-30 seconds) forces a hardware reset of the modem back to it’s new state. Re-configuring your wireless router settings with WPA (Not WPA2) will then result in your Intel 2200BG Wifi card being able to connect to it again and any other network you care to try it on. (You must use the Intel Proset utility initially to make the first successful connection and remove any old wireless profiles first.).

By: michele

michele — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:08:59 +0000

got a 2200BG, same issues as usual, connection dropping for hours and big frustrations, BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT i am writing wirelessy with my toshiba satellite l20 xp sp2! thanks to the FUJITSU driver as they told here. as far as i’m writing, it works!! thanks from italy

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:46:17 +0000

Hi, I have Toshiba Tecra A3 with 2200BG adapter (driver version 9.0.4.36), connecting to wireless router D-link DI-624+. After using hibernate or standby my WiFi connection doesn’t work: it’s OK with getting IP adress and in wireless networks list it displays as connected, but I can’t ping DLink. I tried to add “IrqRouteToPCIController” DWord parameter 0×00000000 (0) to HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesPcmciaParameters (I heard that sometimes it helps), but still no success. It’s really bothering to reboot everytime! Maybe someone has already solved this problem?
Annie

By: Sami Polla

Sami Polla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:23:27 +0000

Hi, i have a gateway tablet, CX2620 and i have been havin wireless issues. I have a 2200 gb intel proset. my wi fi drops every 2 mins or so and reconnects…any suggestions?

By: Rich R

Rich R — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:52:15 +0000

Hi all, I have a Toshiba M200 that uses the Intel 2200BG piece of crap. I have been trying to get this f*cking thing working for the past few years (I essentially gave up for the last few figuring it was a hardware failure).

Then, I saw a post by RE Young dated Feb 14, 2006 at 05:49 PM and entered the complete hex WEP key in instead of my passphrase, and VOILA!!! IT WORKS!!! MY GOD, IT WORKS!!! I can’t believe that even on Intel’s site, they don’t mention this!!!

Anyway, I did downgrade the driver so that it does not do the power polling stuff that was also mentioned earlier. I am a bit hesitant to try using the full key on the latest version, though. Anyway, just thought I’d say thanks to RE Young and pass the info along….