Wireless connection randomly drops every 5 minutes

MrMorrers

  My laptop has just started doing the same thing, at least every 5 minutes it drops the net connection. ACER: do you have any suggestions as to the cause please?????????????????? And more importantly, the cure?

 

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GuruAid-CS

There can be several reasons why your wireless connection keeps dropping. To troubleshoot the issue, you can refer to the instructions mentioned on the following link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows/network-connection-problem-help#network-problems=windows-81&v1h=win81tab2&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

 

Hope this will help you.

MrMorrers

Thanks Guru, I will have a read. But there seems to be a widespread problem with Acer machines dropping internet connections. I would have thought that Acer would have addressed the issue by now but after exchanging a couple of emails with them their solution for me is a complete reinstall.......!  In other words, they haven't a clue what is causing this widespread problem. I have resorted to a Netgear dongle and my web connection is now perfect which does demonstrate that it is a machine fault.

 

  The lesson is clear. Don't buy Acer. I certainly wish I hadn't now.  Regards, Mr Morrers