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i have a weird issue that started happening a few days ago, for no reason (no new software was installed or windows update was done when it happened the first time).
Just like most people, i rarely shut down my pc, i just put it to sleep till i need it. My problem is that lately, my internet connection has been practically useless when i wake it up, i'm forced to restart the computer if i want to be able to use internet without issues.
When it wakes, it reconnects to the router without problems, it says there's internet but browsers, steam, etc cannot connect to the internet, i can't even ping the websites from the cmd but weirdly enough, skype sometimes still works when that happens. I can't even access the admin web page of the router i'm connected to (the 192.168 something)... I dont think it is the router since its only this pc that has this issue (other devices work fine), plus i've hard reset it and i still had that issue when the router was again up and my pc connected to it.
Also, reconnecting or even removing and plugging in the wifi adapter again doesn't do anything, it connects to the router, says theres internet but i still have that issue.
Even stranger is, if i wait long enough ( 5-10 minutes), it magically starts working fine and i can access websites and do stuff normally, sadly its not permanent and only lasts for a couple dozen minutes before starting acting weird again, the process then repeats (works, stops working...).
Its really annoying because its such a weird issue and the only solution i have for now is to shutdown the pc instead of putting it to sleep.
Any tips?
Thanks
What's a "wifi pen?" – Vinayak – 2015-03-13T18:42:02.260
its just like a pendrive, but used to access wifi, i build a custom build pc a couple of years ago, sadly i forgot the pci wifi so i had to buy that usb pen. – Ruben Fernandes – 2015-03-13T18:45:15.067
Do you mean a USB Wi-Fi adapter?
– Vinayak – 2015-03-13T18:48:07.713well.. yeah, is just that we call it pen (anything that connected to the oc and looks like a pendrive is a pen to us here in portugal) http://www.coisas.com/categories.php?option=keywords_cat_search&keywords_cat_search=pen+wireless
– Ruben Fernandes – 2015-03-13T18:50:51.620I see. I'm inclined to think it's a driver issue. Do you have power saving enabled for the wireless adapter? – Vinayak – 2015-03-13T18:52:56.567
anyway, ive edited it – Ruben Fernandes – 2015-03-13T18:52:59.723
nope, that was the first thing i did, disable that, still nothing.
Also i had this adapted since ever and never failed, i've even reinstalled windows months ago for my yearly pc cleaning and it never gave me issues. – Ruben Fernandes – 2015-03-13T18:53:52.503
Try 7d7's solution and also make sure that your power plan settings reflect the same thing.
– Vinayak – 2015-03-13T18:59:04.853Yeah, i will, lets see how it goes. – Ruben Fernandes – 2015-03-13T21:06:52.323