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farmerhugh's avatar
farmerhugh
Junior
9 years ago

Wifi going down

Could someone tell me what the indicators are for a router going bad.  My wifi keep shutting down  suddenly and I don't think its the internet.  It seems to spring back to life when I wake up my wired desktop.  Appreciate your suggestions.  I did go into netgear and check for updates and all was fine.
  • Amanda's avatar
    Amanda
    9 years ago
    Hey farmerhugh

    That does sound odd! Before you go out and spend money, I believe we do still have some D-Link routers in stock here. I can send you a free router from our warehouse and see if that fixes your problem? Let me know!

    Thanks
    Amanda
  • BirdDog's avatar
    BirdDog
    Assistant Professor
    9 years ago
    No. Control Panel>System>Device Manager>Network Adapters then click on whatever wireless adapter is installed on your computer. Should then see what Gwalk posted.
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    9 years ago
    farmerhugh, 

    If you look to the left on the picture you posted, you'll see a setting that says "Change Adapter Settings" (pic 1).  Click on that.  Right click on the adapter (mine says Ethernet) (pic 2) and click Properties.  Then click "Configure" (pic 3).  After clicking Configure, click on "Power Management" (pic4).  Then you should see the picture that Gwalk posted.  Make sure the highlighted item is NOT checked.  If it is, uncheck it and click Okay.  




  • Gwalk900's avatar
    Gwalk900
    Honorary Alumnus
    9 years ago

    Remember that a laptop will have two adaptors, one for wired and one for wireless.

    here are mine (Win7)

    Wired on the left, wireless on the right.


    Clicking on an adaptor opens the screen on the left:

    Clicking "properties" in the left screen opens the screen on the right. In the right hand screen select the "Power Management" tab,

    Remember to do this on both the wired and wireless adaptors.

  • farmerhugh's avatar
    farmerhugh
    Junior
    9 years ago
    does this look ok??  I am soo confused.  But really trying to check it all out.  really appreciate your help.  The ethernet is checked the samr.
  • Gwalk900's avatar
    Gwalk900
    Honorary Alumnus
    9 years ago

    Lets do this, follow the numbers:


    Clicking "properties" will open the following:


    Clicking on the "configure" button above will open this:


    Close all over dialog boxes.

  • farmerhugh's avatar
    farmerhugh
    Junior
    9 years ago
    just got done figuring this all out==thanks for the detailed pictures-   I am really dense when it comes to thses things.   that box was checked on both laptops and i unchecked them .  hopefully this will take care of it.  Wonder why i never noticed the wifi going down before this.    Thanks so much for your help.  you're terrific! ( as are all of you)