Nokia E5 wireless connectivity is plain bad

I have compared wifi connectivity of Nokia E5 with other P*d brand on our corporate wifi network.
Both phones were on my desk  next to each other so wifi signal and interference was the same for both.
Result: Nokia E5, packet loss 30%
Packet sent with a source address of 192.168.241.1
other brand, 0% packet loss
Packet sent with a source address of 192.168.241.1
Nokia firmware: 042.007.232.01,  E5-00, RM-632
This is a big issue as it will probably lead to a non-support status of the Nokia E5 on our corp. network.
regards,
Geert

I just tested with a Nokia C6-00, same problem.
On the Nokia C6-00 Connection Manager Status screen, i can see the wifi going "active" "inactive" "active" "inactive" several times. It seems the Nokia does not keep a permanent wifi connection but tries to save some power (?) from the moment it does not need to "send" a packet ? I tried to disable power savings but that didn't help (same as with the nokia E5). I am out of options. It seems our corporate wifi network is having troubles with this "active" "inactive" switching. Anyone know what this exactly is ?

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