My laptop has an intel dual band wirerless-ac 7260 which keeps diconecting and for ages thought it was either the router or some IP conflict but now I think it's the network card on the laptop.
If I connect to 2.4 I don't seem to have any problems but if I connect the the 5g it's only a matter of time until it falls over (compunded every tie I transfer files across the network) and often says that network's not available if I try and re-connect to it.
When it stops working if I click on the Network icon sometimes it shows other networks available including the 2.4 from the same router and other times the list of available connections is completely blank.
Has anybody got any ideas how to troubleshoot this and isolate what the problrm is, if it' a hardware issue can I replace it with another wireless card or am I just better off getting a USB Wireless Network Adapter which would be my last ideal choice as I use the USB ports for number of other things.
EDITED: Bit of an afterthought ... other devices on the Network seem to work perfectly most of the time although there has been the odd occasion where I've been transferring large files across the network and it sees to have affected other devices although there are also times I can't connect / see the network and other devices are working perfectly.
If I connect to 2.4 I don't seem to have any problems but if I connect the the 5g it's only a matter of time until it falls over (compunded every tie I transfer files across the network) and often says that network's not available if I try and re-connect to it.
When it stops working if I click on the Network icon sometimes it shows other networks available including the 2.4 from the same router and other times the list of available connections is completely blank.
Has anybody got any ideas how to troubleshoot this and isolate what the problrm is, if it' a hardware issue can I replace it with another wireless card or am I just better off getting a USB Wireless Network Adapter which would be my last ideal choice as I use the USB ports for number of other things.
EDITED: Bit of an afterthought ... other devices on the Network seem to work perfectly most of the time although there has been the odd occasion where I've been transferring large files across the network and it sees to have affected other devices although there are also times I can't connect / see the network and other devices are working perfectly.