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Title: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Spikes on March 30, 2009, 03:46:45 PM

Well...long story short...it seems that every 10-20 seconds my wireless connection quirks, but goes back to normal for another 10-20 seconds until it does it over again. I've noticed what it was doing since I'm using Chrome, and when the connection has been dropped the circle turns backwards and slow, but when it picks back up it goes forwards and faster...

I've no idea what's causing this.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: wrag on March 30, 2009, 03:48:01 PM

Any recent upgrades/updates?

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Spikes on March 30, 2009, 04:02:12 PM

No...only the fact that I'm using Chrome, though it did the same thing with Firefox, but that's not the reason I switched.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Cthulhu on March 30, 2009, 04:18:49 PM

Wireless?

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Spikes on March 30, 2009, 04:36:55 PM

Yeah it's wireless...so I'm thinking it might be something to do with drivers...Dell Inspiron 6000.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 30, 2009, 08:41:30 PM

Or a poor or inconsistent signal coming from your router.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: crazyivan on March 31, 2009, 09:35:13 AM

Quote from: DREDIOCK on March 30, 2009, 08:41:30 PM

Or a poor or inconsistent signal coming from your router.

yeah unplug the wireless router for a mintue.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: APDrone on March 31, 2009, 10:22:33 AM

And be sure you don't have a wireless and wired router linked together.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Speed55 on March 31, 2009, 11:06:28 AM

Check for router firmware updates, and also make sure your wireless router is WEP encrypted. Could be a neighbor stealing bandwidth.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Spikes on March 31, 2009, 06:14:08 PM

It's encrypted. Seems to have stopped now, randomly. Weird.

Title: Re: My internet keeps losing connection on my laptop
Post by: Wolfala on March 31, 2009, 06:53:33 PM

2.4 GHz phones do a great job of jamming my Wifi when they are in standby, and jam everythingvdear when broadcasting actively.