[dba-Tech] pc can't stay connected

[Stuart McLachlan]

Is the WiFI 2.4GHz or 5GHz

Can you try changing from one to the other?


On 24 Aug 2020 at 9:38, Susan Harkins wrote:

> 
> Bills computer is a laptop?
> 
> It connects to the router/internet via WIFI?  Not hard wire?
> 
> The WIFI is likely built in to the laptop hardware?
> 
> ========All true. 
> 
> You COULD instead of using the built in WIFI circuitry on the laptop
> use a "dongle" similar to the firesticks you like to do WIFI and
> disable or just ignore the built in WIFI circuitry in the laptop. 
> Assuming it's defective or beginning to fail.
> 
> ========Thank you -- that might work. 
> 
> Since the problem seems to be time dependent, it seems like perhaps
> something else is perhaps overwhelming the signal during the hours
> that it's having trouble.  Does it work if it's physically closer to
> the router?
> 
> ========It does seem odd, doesn't it? It seems like everything would
> get dropped then -- it would be more random instead of it consistently
> being him. Being closer to the router doesn't help. 
> 
> Thanks!
>