Dell Latitude D510 Wireless Connectivity Fades/Dies

Mario,

Click the link below for setting up and troubleshooting your wireless setup
Networking and Wireless Support Center.
http://dell.to/18Dg3nY

Thank You,
Dell-Jesse L
Dell Social Media and Communities

Always use the Dell or Windows updates first. Try here: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/Product/latitude-d610

Hi Friend, In order to turn on the wireless switch on Dell Latitude D510 laptop you have to press and hold the "Fn" key in blue color and then press the key "F2" for once and then release both of them. It will turn on the wireless switch of the system

It worked for me, for the wireless drivers, I installed those for d520 as the ones for d510 didnt work.

Download this driver. if your hardware is ok this will make it function.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R257684&SystemID=LATITUDE%20D510&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=8274&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=8&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=5&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=378629.

Good luck

You will need the drivers from the Dell website, or install the Dell drivers and utilities disk if you still have it.

The problem may not be the WI-FI but in the router itself. You didn't mention the strength of the connection when you are able to connect. It's also possible that the channel the router is on has interference and changing the channel will provide a more reliable signal.

Try a forced install. Unpack the driver into a folder, then update the driver through the device manager. Make sure you dont have the wrong driver. Most laptops nowadays have a lan driver and an ethernet driver (it may not directly say wireless driver). Use a program called Everest to confirm the wireless devices' chipset.

You're not overlooking anything, with some Dell machines, neither the wireless nor the ethernet drivers are installed with a system reload, and it's expected of you to get the drivers on line. So, you will have to burn the drivers to disc from another machine in order to down load them. You can also use an external hard drive or flash drive, if you have these available to you. Keep in mind that some flash drives aren't big enough, depending on the size of the download.

take this link and select the category and download the drivers


http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WW1&osl=EN&catid=5&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=LATITUDE+D510&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en&TabIndex=