Wi-fi dropping on a new laptop. Why?

Factual Questions
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Try this:

-Click Start
-Type: device manager
-Click on Device Manager
-Look for Network Adapters, click the > to the left of Network Adapters
-Look for your Wifi adapter, it should be called “Intel Wifi”, “Intel Wireless”, something of that.
-Right-click on it and pick Properties
-Left click on the Power Management tab.
-Uncheck the box that says “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”

It’s a long shot but shouldn’t hurt anything to try. Only downside would be increased battery consumption if you run on battery and leave the computer idling a lot. You can always see if it helps the disconnect issue, if not check the box again.

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Standing RF waves emanate from the Earth and move out into space.

They can and do interfere with wireless signals.

Move your WiFi source a foot or so. Reboot.

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I think I have found the problem: Intel wi-fi cards/drivers…are shit.

I’ve had this same problem now with multiple Windows 10 and Intel wi-fi cards, and on different networks.

Intel, whatever the fuck you’re doing with your wi-fi…ain’t working. I have a Windows 7 from 2011, and it’s no problem. It’s stable. But Windows 10 and next gen Intel cards are shyte on multiple computers. Sometimes I can’t even reconnect on multiple attempts. It’s horrible. Worse, MS has removed some of the quick fixes that might have worked in the past (power settings, etc).

Solution? Ethernet.

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Or if you want to use WiFi but don’t want to use the built-in WiFi antenna, you can get one that connects to a USB port. At the same time, you can disable the built-in WiFi antenna in the BIOS.

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You don’t have to dig that deep, it’s sufficient to deactivate the wifi driver in device manager.