- Jul 31, 2022
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So I moved into a new home, set up wifi and have a wifi extender plugged into a powerpoint to boost signal in one part of the house. All of my devices successfully link to the extender, and most get decent, consistent speed internet.
My laptop, however, connects successfully to network every time, but it's almost a 50/50 chance as to whether it gets internet or not. Restarting laptop doesn't do anything, and I could just leave it and suddenly it gets internet; network connectivity doesn't change - and then I won't move a thing and it might go back to no internet. My laptop is an old gaming ASUS from 2017, it's possible I just need to get something newer, but I don't understand my issue enough yet and that may not be the fix... The laptop has had issues in the past where it connects to network but gets no internet in other homes, but resolves itself either when i restart it or the router. In this case, restarting laptop does nothing, and I don't see a point restarting router because no other device has the issue.
So the other devices connecting to wifi extender in the home include an hp printer, a macbook, a google pixel 3a phone, and an Iphone 11. All in the same location, connects to network and gets internet, no issues with signal or speed for them. In fact, with my pixel being hooked up to extender network, I can switch on the hotspot and my laptop can connect to that and gets reliable internet then.
To reiterate, it's not that the laptop cannot connect to the network, but that once it does it's like a lottery as to whether internet will be available. I don't want to keep hot-spotting from my phone, it doesn't make any sense to do that (and stops me from leveraging the printer connection). Possible my laptop's adapter is out of date (probably true), but then why can it connect to other networks and get internet, and this particular one is the struggle? Is it that there are too many devices linked maybe?
Any advice welcome, if you need more information i can try to share, but above probably is a signal to you that i'm not that computer savvy.
Thanks for your time.
My laptop, however, connects successfully to network every time, but it's almost a 50/50 chance as to whether it gets internet or not. Restarting laptop doesn't do anything, and I could just leave it and suddenly it gets internet; network connectivity doesn't change - and then I won't move a thing and it might go back to no internet. My laptop is an old gaming ASUS from 2017, it's possible I just need to get something newer, but I don't understand my issue enough yet and that may not be the fix... The laptop has had issues in the past where it connects to network but gets no internet in other homes, but resolves itself either when i restart it or the router. In this case, restarting laptop does nothing, and I don't see a point restarting router because no other device has the issue.
So the other devices connecting to wifi extender in the home include an hp printer, a macbook, a google pixel 3a phone, and an Iphone 11. All in the same location, connects to network and gets internet, no issues with signal or speed for them. In fact, with my pixel being hooked up to extender network, I can switch on the hotspot and my laptop can connect to that and gets reliable internet then.
To reiterate, it's not that the laptop cannot connect to the network, but that once it does it's like a lottery as to whether internet will be available. I don't want to keep hot-spotting from my phone, it doesn't make any sense to do that (and stops me from leveraging the printer connection). Possible my laptop's adapter is out of date (probably true), but then why can it connect to other networks and get internet, and this particular one is the struggle? Is it that there are too many devices linked maybe?
Any advice welcome, if you need more information i can try to share, but above probably is a signal to you that i'm not that computer savvy.
Thanks for your time.
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