Computer has dropped wireless 300 times in three days

jazabelle
jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
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For a few months my laptop has repeatedly dropped the wireless network suddenly. I have multiple devices that use the wifi, and only my laptop has this issue.

If I click connect again it won't, unless I unplug the router and wait for it to find it again, then it will reconnect. It used to do it once every 4-5 days.

Now it's doing it constantly. I just ran a report and it's dropped 300 times in three days.

I've tried uninstalling the wireless driver and reinstalling it, which made no difference.

The report it really long but it's showing lots of error messages when it disconnects. It's driving me mad, as well as everyone else as I have to keep restarting the router!

Any ideas really appreciated please? It's a Toshiba Satellite running Windows 10.
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,552 Forumite
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    IP address conflict?

    Get a wifi dongle and try that.
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  • jazabelle
    jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    http://imgur.com/a/hW3LI

    Here's an example of the error message.

    http://imgur.com/ZmxgLjY

    All the errors.
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  • jazabelle
    jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    forgotmyname wrote: »
    IP address conflict?

    Get a wifi dongle and try that.

    Thanks, but why would it suddenly conflict after working fine for about 18 months? What would a dongle do?
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  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    From another thread:
    esuhl wrote: »
    I've had a few rare problems with DHCP in the past. (DHCP is a service on your router that allocates IP addresses automatically to the attached devices.)

    I'd try allocating a static IP address to the laptop via the router's interface. If that doesn't help, try setting the IP manually on the laptop's network settings.
  • jazabelle
    jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    Thanks everyone. Is this the right driver please?

    http://imgur.com/a/hW3LI

    If so the date of the driver is 22/2/2015. I am just updating it now to see if that helps!
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  • GunJack
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    According to Intel's site, there's version 19.70.0 dated 11-7-17 out for W10...
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  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,235 Forumite
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    Try ipconfig /renew
    http://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-840.html

    If it works it points to an IP address allocation issue

    I used to have mysterious disconnection issues and IP address conflicts just with certain devices on an old Netgear router that went away with a new high performance router.
  • jazabelle
    jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    Thanks everyone.

    David - I tried that first with the photos and it just gave an error message for some reason.

    Anyway, I actually updated the driver before I saw you mentioned rolling back. However since I've updated so far since it hasn't disconnected yet *touch wood*

    So I'm hoping like anything that was the issue!

    If not, I will be back to try the other suggestions, thanks everyone who took the time to answer me.
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    As it's a laptop, the manufacturer may have installed a wireless utility that constantly tries to connect to the strongest signal, so try look at that.

    Some years ago my brothers laptop kept trying to switch between about 15 different WiFi access points at his flat, for that same reason.
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