I have an Acer laptop which I found out is notorious for having a cheaply made wireless adapter. I've tried everything I can find on YouTube and the Web to find a fix for the wireless issues. The only time it stays connected wirelessly is when I'm in the same room as the router. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to fix this issue? Sometimes I'll see a strong wireless signal, but the browsers still don't connect to the internet. I'm close to just giving up and selling it. So far I've tried: 1. Uninstall/install 2. Highest power performance setting 3. Uncheck the 'allow machine to turn off adapter'. 4. Downloaded latest drivers and updates. 5. 'netsh' in the cmd, as well as several other things.
Have you tried changing channels on the Router? http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2113...ter-channel-to-optimize-your-wireless-signal/
This one looks pretty good: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-300Mbps...g-n-Antenna-/171419110464?hash=item27e9600c40
I sent for this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-N-USB-Adapter-w-WPS-button-802-11-n-2-4GHz-/111681147126?hash=item1a00b710f6 If it doesn't work, I'll send it back and just sell my laptop.
Changing router channels may help if you're on a channel with a lot of other traffic (neighbor or other type of interference on the same freq). Relocating the router away from metal or other obstructions can also help if you want to try a couple things until the new router arrives.
There may be interference on the one channel. The good thing about trying the change in channels is that it's free. Just takes a little of your time.
I downloaded that app and saw that the channel I'm on has strong signal quality even though it's on channel 1 like others. The less used channels have poor signal quality.
What kind of router do you have? That's an 802.11n adapter so it will only work on routers that support 802.11n. Most new routers support N, but the older the router gets, the less likely it is to support it.
The thing is, all my other devices work well, it's just the laptop that won't connect or stay connected. Even when I show a strong signal, then it's the browsers that won't connect. - - - Updated - - - It's an adapter that's supposed to work with an N router too. Regardless, I'm returning it because it doesn't work with Window 8.1 like the ad claimed.
It's not the connection to the router that is likely the issue. It's how they're communicating on that connection that seems to be the issue. Interference can play a major part, but so too can defective hardware. The changing of channels may be just what this one device needs since it may be more prone than the others to issues under certain circumstances. I had a router once that would always stay connected and work well with any Apple device, whether it was a laptop, iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc., but any Windows based machine would drop, not reconnect, and service was slow even right after router reset. Once I changed to a better router, my issues were gone. I just found it odd that I had several Windows machines of different types and different versions of Windows, and all acted the same. And all the Apple devices acted the same and stayed connected. I tried different channels, which did improve how long they'd stay connected, but not the quality of connection. I just threw out the changing of channels because it's a simple thing to try.
But the channel I'm on shows a strong signal and not a lot of others on that channel. I'm wondering if a better router would work.
Update: I thought it didn't work, but once I went to their website and downloaded the instruction to get it connected, it works like a charm.
Glad you found something that works. My home wifi does that with a desktop that I am too procrastinate-y to run a cable through the attic crawlspace to. It shows me have a strong connection right up to the point I turn the browser on and then it bottoms out. It used not to do that. I suspect the X-Box is sucking up all the bandwidth on the wifi though because it started doing that once I got it and the wifi light stays on 24/7 on the router once that thing came into the house even when nobody is using the X.
My laptop was working fine too before, then it just suddenly started having issues with the wireless connection. I researched it on the Web and on YouTube there were lots of videos showing how to fix the problem, but none of them worked for me. It seems to be a common issue though.
^ This, or try a different OS, like a good Linux distro. You'll get different drivers with it that might work better for you.
Stop relying on wireless (Wi-Fi) network connections and connect to the Internet with a simple cable, which always works for me.
Sometimes the adapters just go bad. I've had this happen on a few machines from work. Sometimes it can be the router too but it seems like the problem here is confined to the laptop. Don't even dick around with it. Just get a wireless USB adapter and make sure to disable the internal one(the one that isn't working) in your windows network settings or device manager once you get it installed. You don't have to do that, but it will help keep applications or windows from trying to use that connection since only your new USB one will be enabled.
Yes! This fixes 99% of problems with wireless connectivity on notebook computers. Try one of the new "button" type of USB devices with enhanced speeds/feeds.
