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wifi keeps disconnecting on laptop vista

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  • 11-01-2010 5:56pm
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    crxsi
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    Hi Everyone,
    I have an 8 month old acer 5920G laptop and when i have it on wifi at home, it disconnects randomly, could go fie for 20 mins or 5 mins..Its fine if i have it plugged straight in with ethernet connection.
    I have plugged out house digital phone in case signal is interfeering etc but no luck..
    I have read that a winsock reset fixed other peoples problems, but not sure whether to try it or not? can it do any harm or upset any files etc on laptop??

    Thanks..


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    Barrypr
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    Have you tried changing the channel


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    crxsi
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    how do u do that?is that different channel on router?
    thanks


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    yuloni
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    lucky-colm
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    i have a dell laptop and it keeps dissconecting from my router as well. but iam beginning to think that it has to do with the router being to far away its at the other side of the house approx 60ft away and it is upstairs and there is 8" of insulation in the floor. going to extend the cable and move the router down to the living room hopefully this should sort the problem.


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    yuloni
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    bonzodog2
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    lucky-colm wrote: »
    i have a dell laptop and it keeps dissconecting from my router as well. but iam beginning to think that it has to do with the router being to far away its at the other side of the house approx 60ft away and it is upstairs and there is 8" of insulation in the floor. going to extend the cable and move the router down to the living room hopefully this should sort the problem.

    Insulation would not be a problem for wifi. If you have a DSL connection, get a phone extension wire and move the router.
    60 feet should be no problem for wifi, but thick stone walls might be.


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    crxsi
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    my router is 6 feet away..i can place laptop right beside but it still disconnects..my signal strength is 100%..so its really puzzling..will try to find out how to change channel and try that....after that i havnt a clue..


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