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Wifi continuously drops connectivity
Win7 home 64bit on Gateway laptop.
My laptop Wifi keeps dropping.
InSSider shows the beacon signal strength of my router, -25dB; well above other networks near me, at -80dB.
My router is the only broadcaster on its channel.
InSSider shows receiving the signal at -25 dB, but then drops down to -95dB (which is complete loss) then back up. It may be up for three or four seconds or only a second before dropping. The up/down is continuous.
Control panel shows no warnings. Everything is installed correctly.
I power cycled the router as well as the modem, uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers for the wifi adapter. Installed newer wifi drivers.
I changed channels on the router.
Changed authentication type, then back to WPA2.
ipconfig release all /renew
SSID is not hidden.
Replaced the router and tried everything again.
--signal still up then down then up/down--changing routers gives same results.
Connectivity is constant with Ethernet (non-wireless) connection.
Last night, between 12 a.m and 6 a.m. the wifi signal was steady. No drop out at all. But after 6 the connection is never up for more than a few seconds before going down.
Unable to locate any potential interference--appliances that may have been off during the solid time.
On a different computer, the local network and wifi has good connectivity. InSSider shows the signal coming from the router to be steady, no drop out.
Any ideas?
Here is a screen shot of what InSSider shows. My wireless router connectivity is the red line. You can see its signal strength is strong, then drops to nothing, then back up and repeats. these cycles are happening within a minute. this is without anything trying access the network. When I try to access the internet (either through a program or through a browser), probably 45 times out of 50, as soon as I click on a link, the connection drops.
Last edited by stars1234; 31 Jul 2013 at 19:48. Reason: add information